What makes an entrepreneur?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-60

  Blanchflower, David G ^a   Oswald, Andrew J ^a  

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EID: 0032358719     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209881     Document Type: Article

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