Do lower taxes stimulate self-employment?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-145

  Fölster, Stefan ^a  

^a The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise   (Sweden)

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EID: 0141736795     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016200800982     Document Type: Article

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