Survival chances of new businesses: Do regional conditions matter?

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2039-2048

  Falck, Oliver ^a  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMETRICS; FIRM SIZE; PRIVATE SECTOR;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 34548647181     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600749615     Document Type: Article

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