Is it better to live in a basement, an attic or to get your own place? Analyzing the costs and benefits of institutional change for northwestern Ontario

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-195

  Di Matteo, Livio ^a   Emery, J C Herbert ^b   English, Ryan ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE ROLE; TAX REFORM;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; THUNDER BAY;

EID: 33746904285     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4128727     Document Type: Article

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