Evaluating project deadweight measures: Evidence from Finnish business subsidies

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-140

  Tokila, Anu ^a   Haapanen, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUSINESS; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67649111386     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0804b     Document Type: Article

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