Using SimBritain to model the geographical impact of national government policies

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-77

  Ballas, Dimitris ^a   Clarke, Graham ^b   Dorling, Danny ^a   Rossiter, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREDIT PROVISION; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; MINIMUM WAGE; MODEL; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TAX SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845482067     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2006.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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