Social capital access and entrepreneurship

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 821-833

  Bauernschuster, Stefan ^a   Falck, Oliver ^b   Heblich, Stephan ^c  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Occupational choice; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649687533     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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