Entrepreneurship, Asymmetric Information, and Unemployment

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-327

  Boadway, Robin ^a   Marceau, Nicolas ^b   Marchand, Maurice ^c   Vigneault, Marianne ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Occupational choice; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001275233     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008682110911     Document Type: Article

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