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BL
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733641
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b553441
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Gerrit de Wit.
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Determinants of self-employment\ Gerrit de Wit.
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| Publication Statement
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Heidelberg ; New York: Physica-Verlag, ©1993.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in contemporary economics.
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(xi, 193 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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3642503004
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: 9783642503009
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| Contents
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1 Introduction --;1.1 Relevance of the subject --;1.2 The definition of self-employment --;1.3 Determinants of self-employment in the literature --;1.4 Outline of the book --;2 Models of self-employment in a competitive market --;2.1 The basic model --;2.2 Different entrepreneurial abilities --;2.3 The choice of wage-employment --;2.4 Capital requirements --;2.5 Demand uncertainty --;2.6 Cost uncertainty --;2.7 Dynamical models --;2.8 The influence of taxation --;2.9 Conclusion --;3 An m-sector, n-group behavioral model of self-employment --;3.1 Contributions of the model with respect to the literature --;3.2 The model --;3.3 Comparative statics in the 1-sector, n-group model --;3.4 Comparative statics in the m-sector, 2-group model --;3.5 Sensitivity of results --;3.6 Conclusion --;4 Intermezzo. Investigations of a certain class of linear complementarity problems --;4.1 Introduction --;4.2 Solvability of LCP's of class A --;4.3 Some graph theoretic concepts --;4.4 Some features of the class of matrices? --;4.5 Characterizations of solutions of LCP's of class A --;4.6 A sufficient condition for uniqueness --;4.7 Major findings and discussion --;4.8 Importance of the results for the model of self-employment --;Appendix A --;Appendix B --;5 From the general-equilibrium model to a probabilistic-choice model --;5.1 An alternative production function --;5.2 Consequences for the model --;5.3 The probabilistic-choice model --;5.4 Conclusion --;6 Two empirical applications --;6.1 Comparable empirical studies --;6.2 The model --;6.3 Empirical application using the Brabant survey --;6.4 Empirical application using the economists survey --;6.5 Conclusion --;7 Nomenklatura, state monopoly and private enterprise --;7.1 Introduction --;7.2 The basic model --;7.3 The choice between the two regimes --;7.4 The impact of taxation --;7.5 Political pluralism --;7.6 Conclusion --;8 Summary --;References --;Author index --;List of symbols.
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| Abstract
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This book is the result of five years of research that I carried out as a research fellow at the Faculty of Economics and Econometrics of the University of Amsterdam.
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| Subject
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Self-employed -- Netherlands.
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Self-employed.
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Small business -- Netherlands.
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| LC Classification
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HD8037.N4G477 1993
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Gerrit de Wit
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