Bankruptcy law and entrepreneurship

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-350

  Armour, John ^a   Cumming, Douglas ^b  

^a ORIEL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 58149123065     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahn008     Document Type: Article

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