Credit constraints as a barrier to the entry and post-entry growth of firms

Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 52, 2007, Pages 731-779

  Aghion, Philippe ^a   Fally, Thibault ^b   Scarpetta, Stefano ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques   (France)

^c OECD and IZA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; STOCK MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34648839890     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2007.00190.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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