Entrepreneurship and the evolution of income distributions in Poland and Russia

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 338-356

  Berkowitz, Daniel ^a   Jackson, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

De novo firms; Early privatization; Exclusion restrictions; Income distribution; Spin offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646794062     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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