Does government performance matter? the effects of local government on urban outcomes in England

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1835-1851

  Greasley, Stephen ^a   John, Peter ^b   Wolman, Harold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION; STATE ROLE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958198420     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010380955     Document Type: Article

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