Local economic instability and business location: The case of Maine

Land Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 398-411

  Gabe, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; POLICY MAKING;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648847392     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.83.3.398     Document Type: Article

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