Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act: Empirical examination of government-sponsored financial incentives

International Journal of Electronic Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-155

  Smith, Alan D ^a  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash for Clunkers programme; CRM; Economic recession; Empirical; Government; Incentives; Operations; Political policy; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860762794     PISSN: 17460069     EISSN: 17460077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEF.2010.033302     Document Type: Article

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