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

    Ingrid Verheul, Niels Bosmaa, Marieke van Ginkel & Reinder Prins

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Verheul, I., Bosmaa, N., van Ginkel, M., Longerbone, D., Prins, R. (2002). Determinants of Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands. 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_4

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