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Does College Education Reduce Small Business Failure?

Asoni, Andrea; Sanandaji, Tino - 2014

We estimate the effect of college education on business survival using the NLSY79. The endogeneity of both education and business ownership is accounted for by a competing risks duration model augmented with a college selection equation. Contrary to the previous literature, we fi nd no effect of...

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Intelligence, Self-confidence and Entrepreneurship

Asoni, Andrea - 2011

I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I find that individuals with higher measured intelligence and self-confidence are more likely to be entrepreneurs. Furthermore I present evidence suggesting that intelligence and...

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Exploring the knowledge filter: how entrepreneurship and university-industry relations drive economic growth

Mueller, Pamela - 2005

Knowledge is recognized as a crucial element of economic growth in addition to physical capital and labor. Knowledge …, identify, and exploit knowledge depends on the existing knowledge stock and the absorptive capacity of actors such as employees … at firms and researchers at universities and research institutions. The existing knowledge stock might not be …

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Das Gründungsgeschehen in Dresden, Rostock und Karlsruhe: eine Betrachtung des regionalen Gründungspotenzials

Henning, Tobias; Mueller, Pamela; Niese, Michael - 2006

This paper compares the structure and the development of new firm formation activity in three German regions. The two East German regions, Dresden and Rostock, show significantly higher start-up rates than the West German region Karlsruhe. The analysis of entry cohorts reveals that not only the...

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Regional growth regimes revisited - the case of West Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004

Audretsch and Fritsch (2002) proposed two explanations for the mixed evidence regarding the relationship between new firm formation and regional development. Firstly, they found evidence for the existence of long time lags needed before the main effects of new firm formation on employment change...

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Regional Growth Regimes Revisited - The Case of West Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004

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