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Unemployment and Firm Entry and Exit: An Update on a Controversial Relationship

Enrico Santarselli* Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Piazza Scaravilli, 2, I-40126, Bologna, Italy;† Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group, Max Planck Institute of EconomicsJena, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Martin Carree‡ Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, NL-6200, MDMaastrichtthe Netherlands. Email: [email protected]
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Ingrid Verheul§ Department of Applied Economics, Centre for Advanced Small Business Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, NL 3000, DR Rotterdamthe Netherlands. Email: [email protected]
Pages 1061-1073 | Received 01 Jun 2006, Published online: 11 Jan 2011

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