Business Conditions and Business Starts
This paper analyses the effect of business conditions on new firm starts. The birth of new firms displays a pro-cyclical behaviour, more firms being created when GDP is growing fast and the interest rate is low. The entry response to industry profitability is tempered by the level of sunk costs; for a given profit signal, more entry occurs where sunk costs are low.
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1996
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Authors: | Mata, Jose ; Portugal, Banco de |
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International Journal of the Economics of Business. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1357-1516. - Vol. 3.1996, 3, p. 295-306
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
Keywords: | Entry; Business starts; Sunk costs. JEL classifications: Lll, L60 |
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