Tax policy and entrepreneurship: Empirical evidence from Sweden

Small Business Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-513

  Hansson, Åsa ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Firm start ups; Income taxes; Self employment; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858079667     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9282-7     Document Type: Article

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