Unemployment and firm entry and exit: An update on a controversial relationship

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1061-1073

  Santarelli, Enrico ^a,b   Carree, Martin ^c   Verheul, Ingrid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Max Planck Institute of Economics   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Firm entry and Exit; Italian provinces; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; MODELING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449365859     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400801968361     Document Type: Article

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