Policies Fostering New Firm Formation and Self-Employment in Italy: An Empirical Exercise

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 22, Issue , 2009, Pages 15-34

  Carree, Martin ^a   Piergiovanni, Roberta ^a   Santarelli, Enrico ^a   Verheul, Ingrid ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exit Rate; Firm Entry; Firm Formation; Industrial District; Large Metropolitan Area

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960079454     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0249-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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