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Entrepreneurship: Determinants and Policy in a European-US Comparison

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  1. EIM Business and Policy Research, P.O. Box 7001, AA Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

    Candice Henriquez & Ingrid Verheul

  2. Centre for Advanced Small Business Economics (CASBEC), Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000, DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Candice Henriquez, Ingrid Verheul & Ineke van der Geest

  3. Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University, SPEA 201, 1325 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405-1701

    Casandra Bischoff

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Henriquez, C., Verheul, I., van der Geest, I., Bischoff, C. (2002). Determinants of Entrepreneurship in France. In: Audretsch, D., Thurik, R., Verheul, I., Wennekers, S. (eds) Entrepreneurship: Determinants and Policy in a European-US Comparison. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 27. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47556-1_3

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