Do business investment incentives promote employment in declining areas?: Evidence from EU Objective-2 regions

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-244

  Bondonio, Daniele ^a,c   Greenbaum, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Employment policy; Impact evaluation; Structural funds; Urban and regional economic development

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 33746074062     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776406065432     Document Type: Article

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