Tangible and intangible sunk costs and the entry and exit of firms in a small open economy: The case of Austria

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2429-2443

  Hölzl, Werner ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33644917154     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500365850     Document Type: Article

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