Why so many local entrepreneurs?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 615-633

  Michelacci, Claudio ^a   Silva, Olmo ^a  

^a CEMFI ^*

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EID: 36448953099     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.4.615     Document Type: Article

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