New Firm Formation and the Region: Empirical Results from the United States

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 105-133

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous Growth Model; Entrepreneurial Activity; High School Degree; Industry Sector; Knowledge Spillover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941746374     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-32314-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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