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Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 46 No. 3 2008

Book Reviews

Abstract

Gale A. Boyd of Duke University reviews “Emergence and Survival of New Businesses: Econometric Analyses” by Oliver Falck,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Examines the determinants of new business formation and their survival, and considers whether business startups, especially in the service sector, will create employment and thereby generate growth. Discusses the effects of new business formation on industry growth; new businesses and regional development; new business formation by industry over space and time; new business survival by industry over space and time; and a microeconometric survival analysis of new businesses. Falck is with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. Index.”

DOI
10.1257/jel.46.3.718.r15
Volume
46
Issue
3
Pages
749-751
Language
en
Sources
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