A comparison of new firm financing by gender: Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Survey data

Small Business Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-411

  Coleman, Susan ^a   Robb, Alicia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing sources; Gender differences; New firms; Start up capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049109449     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9205-7     Document Type: Article

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