Start-up capital, microenterprises and technical efficiency in Mexico

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 434-447

  Hernández Trillo, Fausto ^a   Pagán, José A ^b,c   Paxton, Julia ^d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 28244497038     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2005.00286.x     Document Type: Review

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