The Extent of Overestimation of Small Firm Job Creation - An Empirical Examination of the Regression Bias

Small Business Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-100

  Davidsson, Per ^a   Lindmark, Leif ^a   Olofsson, Christer ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032382844     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016543211612     Document Type: Article

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