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The persistence of regional entrepreneurship : are all types of self-employment equally important?

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship over time. Our analysis for West German regions shows relatively strong effects for the historical self- employment rate in the non-agricultural sector, particularly in...

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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012

We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...

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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship : causes, effects, and directions for future research

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an important role in explaining persistence of...

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Historical roots of entrepreneurial culture and innovation activity : an analysis for German regions

Fritsch, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

There is a research gap with respect to understanding the role of entrepreneurial culture and tradition for actual start-up behaviour. We combine historical self-employment data (entrepreneurial tradition) with a psychological measure for entrepreneurial attitudes (entrepreneurial culture). The...

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Does infrastructural absorptive capacity stimulate FDI-growth nexus in ECOWAS?

Ogundipe, Adeyemi A.; Oye, Queen Esther; Ogundipe, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19

The study assesses the relevance of infrastructural absorptive capacity in the foreign direct investment (FDI)-growth argument in ECOWAS. Though foreign aid has received a vast attention in the literature, however, an assessment of how the infrastructural readiness of the host economies drives...

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Inflation and infrastructure sector returns in emerging markets : panel ARDL approach

Magweva, Rabson; Sibanda, Mabutho - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17

This study evaluated the relationship between inflation and infrastructure sector stock returns in emerging markets in the long and short run. It employed a panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) model applying the mean group (MG), pooled mean group (PMG) and dynamic fixed effects (DFE)...

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Are structural policies in countries bordering mediterranean appropriate to economic convergence : Panel ARDL application

Bardi, Wajdi; Ayouni, Saif Eddine; Hamdaoui, Mekki - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20

economic growth accounting for possible convergence. For this purpose, we are based on a sample of eight countries bordering … the stationary series problem of different orders to monitor possible convergence in the long-run horizon. This method … links between candidate variables and the trend of convergence in terms of per capita GDP. Our empirical results support …

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How much of a socialist legacy? : the reemergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy

Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012

The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the collapse of the East German state in 1989. It took about...

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Trust, confidence and economic growth : an evaluation of the Beugelsdijk Hypothesis

Volland, Benjamin - 2010

This paper analyses the hypothesis that the robust relationship between trust - as measured by the World Values Survey's question "In general, do you think that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?" - and economic growth, established by empirical...

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Panel estimating effects of macroeconomic determinants on inflation : evidence of Western Balkan

Durguti, Esat Ali; Tmava, Qazim; Demiri-Kunoviku, Filloreta - In: Cogent economics & finance 9 (2021) 1, pp. 1-13

This study analyzes the relationship between macroeconomic variables that influence inflation. Through our research, we will analyze the influence of GDP growth, remittances, level of exports, level of imports, and foreign direct investments on the inflation rate for the Western Balkan. The...

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