Schooling, capital constraints, and entrepreneurial performance: The endogenous triangle

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-431

  Parker, Simon C ^a   Van Praag, C Mirjam ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Financial constraints; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748656156     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500106000000215     Document Type: Article

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