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Mika Westerlund
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A Machine-Learning Analysis of the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small Business Owners and Implications for Canadian Government Policy Response.
Canadian public policy. Analyse de politiques · 2022 · senior author
1 publications.
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A Machine-Learning Analysis of the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small Business Owners and Implications for Canadian Government Policy Response.
Isabelle DA, Han YJ, Westerlund M
Canadian public policy. Analyse de politiques2022Senior author
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