The wealth effect on new business startups in a developing economy

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 291, 2006, Pages 367-392

  Mesnard, Alice ^a   Ravallion, Martin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; NONLINEARITY; PROBABILITY; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 33746227351     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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