Economic development and business ownership: An analysis using data of 23 OECD countries in the period 1976-1996

Small Business Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-290

  Carree, Martin ^c   Van Stel, André ^a   Thurik, Roy ^a   Wennekers, Sander ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 0036058114     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019604426387     Document Type: Article

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