The Logic of Local Business Associations: An Analysis of Voluntary Chambers of Commerce

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 251-279

  Bennett, Robert J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84971147111     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X00010047     Document Type: Article

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