Revisiting the Determinants of Entrepreneurship: A Bayesian Approach

Journal of Management

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 607-631

  Arin, K Peren ^a   Huang, Victor Zengyu ^a   Minniti, Maria ^b   Nandialath, Anup Menon ^a   Reich, Otto F M ^a  

^a ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

macro policy and entrepreneurial activity; model averaging; model uncertainty; variable selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922021563     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206314558488     Document Type: Article

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