Small business activity does not measure entrepreneurship

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1760-1765

  Henrekson, Magnus ^a   Sanandaji, Tino ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Innovation; Institutions; Regulation; Taxation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INVESTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TAX; UNITED STATES;

INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONS; REGULATION; TAXATION;

EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL BUSINESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893517216     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307204111     Document Type: Article

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