Determining economic contributions and impacts: What is the difference and why do we care?

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-146

  Watson, Philip ^a   Wilson, Joshua ^a   Thilmany, Dawn ^a   Winter, Susan ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 41949124091     PISSN: 10904999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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