Sectoral differences in plant start-up size in the finnish economy

Small Business Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-60

  Nurmi, Satu ^a  

^a Statistics Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Entry; Industry differences; Quantile regression; Start up size

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344471261     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-004-6482-z     Document Type: Article

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