The Determinants of Self-Employment Growth: Insights From County-Level Data, 2000-2009

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-60

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Rupasingha, Anil ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

agglomeration; entrepreneurship; policy; self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894239223     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242413507102     Document Type: Article

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