Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries

Joachim Wagner

Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries

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Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries. / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2022. (University of Lueneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 409).

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Wagner, J 2022 'Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries' University of Lueneburg Working Paper Series in Economics, no. 409, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg. <https://www.leuphana.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Forschungseinrichtungen/ifvwl/WorkingPapers/lue/pdf/wp_409_Upload.pdf>

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Wagner, J. (2022). Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries. (University of Lueneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 409). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. https://www.leuphana.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Forschungseinrichtungen/ifvwl/WorkingPapers/lue/pdf/wp_409_Upload.pdf

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Wagner J. Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2022 Mar. (University of Lueneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; 409).

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