Competition and cooperation: Local government joint ventures for economic development

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-275

  Hawkins, Christopher V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; JOINT VENTURE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 77952913023     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2009.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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