The geographic determinants of bankruptcy: Evidence from Switzerland

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 231-251

  Buehler, Stefan ^a   Kaiser, Christian ^b   Jaeger, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b HSBC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Bankruptcy; Exit; Geography; Language; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860352375     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9301-8     Document Type: Article

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