Persistence of initial debt in the long-term employment dynamics of new firms

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 861-880

  Petrunia, Robert ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; EMPLOYMENT; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MANUFACTURING;

EID: 34547210211     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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