Jobless capital? The role of capital subsidies

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 169-179

  Patrick, Carlianne ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital subsidies; Capital labor substitution; Economic development incentives; Industry composition

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; EXPENDITURE; FINANCE; INCENTIVE; LABOR POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 84978946935     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: 18792308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.07.009     Document Type: Article

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