Do location-based tax incentives improve quality of life and quality of business environment?

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-32

  Reynolds, C Lockwood ^a   Rohlin, Shawn ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; TAX INCENTIVE; WAGE;

EID: 84891834078     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12035     Document Type: Article

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