If certain start-up characteristics will indicate a business success, knowing such characteristics could generate more successful start-ups and more efficient start-up counseling. Our study will contribut e to this by quantifying individual success determinants of freelance start-ups. The data...

Ist eine Polarisierung der Einkommen von Selbständigen festzustellen? Wie hat sich damit die Einkommensverteilung insgesamt und wie haben sich hohe Einkommen von Selbständigen und abhängig Beschäftigten seit den neunziger Jahren entwickelt? Das sind die zentralen Fragen, die wir in diesem...

German and United States data from the Luxembourg Income Study are used to compare the relative economic well-being of Germans and Americans in the 1980s. In our analysis we use both official equivalence scales and consumption-based country-specific equivalence scales developed for Germany and...

In this paper we give an overview, with special emphasis on Germany, of the recent development of the market for venture capital. We analyse the financial contracting problems that arise when entrepreneurs need capital from outside investors, and demonstrate how these problems are addressed by...