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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship

Acs, Zoltán J; Audretsch, David B; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most prevalent theory of innovation in the economics literature … opportunity by developing a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. The basic argument is that knowledge created … endogenously via R&D results in knowledge spillovers. Such spillovers give rise to opportunities to be identified and exploited by …

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The Missing Link: The Knowledge Filter and Entrepreneurship in Endogenous Growth

Acs, Zoltán J; Audretsch, David B; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The intellectual breakthrough contributed by the new growth theory was the recognition that investments in knowledge … and human capital endogenously generate economic growth through the spillover of knowledge. Endogenous growth theory does … not explain how or why spillovers occur. The missing link is the mechanism converting knowledge into economically relevant …

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Expanding the Welfare System: A Proposal for Reform

Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This proposal involves the establishment of ‘welfare accounts’ for every person in a country. There are four accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital account (covering education and training), and a health...

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Renascent Men or Entrepreneurship as a One-Night Stand: Entrepreneurial Intentions Subsequent to Firm Exit

Audretsch, David B; Meijaard, Joris; Stam, Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

While a large literature has emerged focusing on nascent entrepreneurship, the propensity for ex-entrepreneurs to consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, or what we term here as renascent entrepreneurship, has been generally overlooked. According to the theory of selection and passive...

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Self-Confidence: Intrapersonal Strategies

Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

career decisions. People generally have imperfect knowledge about their abilities, which in most tasks are complementary to …

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Willpower and Personal Rules

Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper studies the internal commitment mechanisms or ‘personal rules’ (diets, exercise regimens, resolutions, moral or religious precepts, etc.) through which people seek to achieve self-control. Our theory is based on the idea of self-reputation over one’s willpower, which potentially...

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A Macro Theory of Employment Vouchers

Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper explores the optimal design of subsidies for hiring unemployed workers (‘employment vouchers’ for short) in the context of a simple macroeconomic model of the labour market. Focusing on the short-term and long-term effects of the vouchers on employment and unemployment, the...

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Incapacity Benefits versus Benefit Transfers

Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

The paper explores the employment implications of allowing people the opportunity of using a portion of their incapacity benefits to provide employment vouchers for employers that hire them. The analysis indicates that introducing this policy could increase employment, raise the incomes of...

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Youth Unemployment and Government Policy

Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper discusses how employment vouchers should depend on age in a simple overlapping generations model in which workers are either young or old. We find that young workers should receive higher vouchers as displacement of the old rises and as the deadweight loss from providing vouchers to...

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Self-Confidence & Social Interactions

Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

, at school, and in personal relationships. Because a person generally has only imperfect knowledge of his own abilities …

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