Evaluating U.S. rural entrepreneurship policy

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-33

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Partridge, Mark ^b   Deller, Steven C ^c   Fleming, David A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956954747     PISSN: 10904999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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