Second-Order Gender Effects: The Case of U.S. Small Business Borrowing Cost

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-463

  Wu, Zhenyu ^a   Chua, Jess H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 84860333430     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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