New business formation and employment growth: Some evidence for the Spanish manufacturing industry

Small Business Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-84

  Carod, Josep Maria Arauzo ^a   Solís, Daniel Liviano ^a   Bofarull, Mònica Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firm entry; Regional growth; Spanish economy; Time lags

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549059709     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9051-4     Document Type: Article

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