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Air Pollution and Entrepreneurship
Guo, Liwen; Cheng, Zhiming; Tani, Massimiliano; Cook, Sarah - 2022
We examine the causal effect of air pollution on an individual's propensity for entrepreneurship in China. Our preferred model, which employs an instrumental variable approach to address endogeneity arising from sorting into entrepreneurship and locational choices, suggests that exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013439896
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Air Pollution and Entrepreneurship
Guo, Liwen; Cheng, Zhiming; Tani, Massimiliano; Cook, Sarah - 2022
We examine the causal effect of air pollution on an individual's propensity for entrepreneurship in China. Our preferred model, which employs an instrumental variable approach to address endogeneity arising from sorting into entrepreneurship and locational choices, suggests that exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013466196
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298518
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298509
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305674
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261485