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      Entrepreneurship, start-up costs and employment 

      Fonseca, Raquel; Lopez-Garcia, Paloma; Pissarides, Christopher A. (2001)
      We study the effects of business start-up costs on employment, in a model with managers, workers and matching. We show that higher start-up costs discourage entrepreneurs and increase the fraction of the population who ...
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      Reducing buyers' uncertainty about taste-related product attributes 

      Markopoulos, Panos M.; Clemons, Eric K. (2013)
      It is becoming increasingly important for firms to know when to take steps to reduce buyers' uncertainty about products and services. This paper focuses on investments that firms can make to reduce buyers' uncertainty about ...