Journal article · 2025
Twice as effective: business environment, SME owners’ satisfaction, and local government revenue performance
Local Government Studies 51(3), 524–546
Summary
Links the local business environment created by municipalities to SME owners' satisfaction and to local economic outcomes. Factor analysis and structural equation modelling on a survey of 513 SME owners show that higher satisfaction is associated with more local employment and higher municipal tax revenue from SMEs.
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Research theme
SMEs, entrepreneurship & local government
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