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Regulation, Entrepreneurship, and Dynamism

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  • Chambers, Dustin
  • Sherouse, Oliver
  • McLaughlin, Patrick

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  • Chambers, Dustin & Sherouse, Oliver & McLaughlin, Patrick, 2020. "Regulation, Entrepreneurship, and Dynamism," Working Papers 10295, George Mason University, Mercatus Center.
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    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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