Self-employment and liquidity constraints: Evidence from Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-134

  Johansson, Edvard ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Liquidity constraints; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034416513     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00187     Document Type: Article

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