Proprietorship formations and U.S. job growth

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-168

  Shrestha, Sundar S ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Rupasingha, Anil ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment growth; Self employment; Spatial spill over

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449108693     PISSN: 0048749X     EISSN: 15530892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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