Subsidizing Start-Ups: Policy Targeting and Policy Effectiveness

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-225

  Kösters, Sarah ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

policy evaluation; start ups; subsidies; subsidy allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957255710     PISSN: 15661679     EISSN: 15737012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10842-010-0083-0     Document Type: Article

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