Mulling over Massachusetts: Health insurance mandates and entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 909-931

  Jackson, Scott ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956396287     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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