Establishment exits in Germany: The role of size and age

Small Business Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 683-700

  Fackler, Daniel ^a   Schnabel, Claus ^a,b   Wagner, Joachim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Firm age; Firm exits; Firm size; Germany

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884535323     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-012-9450-z     Document Type: Article

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