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Multiplier

By: Michael H. Shuman
In: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World
Edited by: Karen Christensen & David Levinson
Subject:Community Psychology, Sociology of Communities

The multiplier is the fundamental building block for community economics, as well as for economics generally. Each time an individual purchases a good or service, he or she sets in motion ripples far beyond the initial transaction. With those ripples, one ...

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  Shuman, M. (2003). Multiplier. In K. Christensen & D. Levinson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of community: From the village to the virtual world (Vol. 1, pp. 949-949). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412952583.n339
  
  Shuman, Michael H. "Multiplier." In Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, edited by Karen Christensen and David Levinson, 949. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. doi: 10.4135/9781412952583.n339.
  
  Shuman, M 2003, 'Multiplier', in Christensen, K & Levinson, D (eds), Encyclopedia of community: from the village to the virtual world, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 949, viewed 28 November 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412952583.n339.
  
  Shuman, Michael H. "Multiplier." Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Eds. Karen Christensen and David Levinson. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. 949. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 28 Nov. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412952583.n339.
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