Legal form, growth and exit of west German firms - Empirical results for manufacturing, construction, trade and service industries

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 453-488

  Harhoff, Dietmar ^a   Stahl, Konrad ^b   Woywode, Michael ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 0032334686     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00083     Document Type: Article

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