Evaluating the impact of investment incentives: The case of Italy's Law 488/1992

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-349

  Bronzini, Raffaello ^a   de Blasio, Guido ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Investment incentives; Regional aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745948291     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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