Wal-Mart to the rescue private enterprise's response to Hurricane Katrina

Independent Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-528

  Horwitz, Steven ^a,b  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercatus Center   (United States)

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HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 63049119683     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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