The impact of geographic differences in human capital on service firm formation rates

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 244-278

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a   Armington, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Firm formation; Human capital; Knowledge spillovers; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344591383     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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