Does local firm ownership matter?

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-281

  Fleming, David A ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic growth; firm ownership locus; firm size

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH MODELING; INCOME; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960743906     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242411407312     Document Type: Article

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