What do small businesses do?

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-118

  Hurst, Erik ^a   Pugsley, Benjamin Wild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84861534125     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: 15334465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/eca.2011.0017     Document Type: Article

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