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Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - In: Handbook of Economic Growth
where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that …We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …
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Culture, entrepreneurship, and growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2013
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Culture, entrepreneurship, and growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2013
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Chapter 3. Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2014
What obstacles prevent the most productive technologies from spreading to less developed economies from the world’s technological frontier? In this paper, we seek to shed light on this question by quantifying the geographic and human barriers to the transmission of technologies. We argue that...
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Culture, entrepreneurship and economic development : an empirical approach
Achim, Monica Violeta; Borlea, Sorin Nicolae; Vaidean, … - In: Entrepreneurship research journal : ERJ 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-28
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The economic origins of the evil eye belief
Gershman, Boris - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 110 (2015) C, pp. 119-144
The evil eye belief is a widespread superstition according to which people can cause harm by a mere envious glance at coveted objects or their owners. This paper argues that such belief originated and persisted as a useful heuristic under conditions in which envy was likely to trigger...
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Chapter 1. What Do We Learn From Schumpeterian Growth Theory?
Aghion, Philippe; Akcigit, Ufuk; Howitt, Peter - 2014
Schumpeterian growth theory has operationalized Schumpeter’s notion of creative destruction by developing models based on this concept. These models shed light on several aspects of the growth process that could not be properly addressed by alternative theories. In this survey, we focus on...
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Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that …We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084260
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Culture, Growth and Economic Policy
Petrakis, Panagiotis E. - 2014
Costs and Economic Institutions -- The Effects of Culture, Transactions and Institutions on Opportunity Entrepreneurship …Introduction -- The Foundations: Human Needs and Cultural Background -- Culture in Economic Thinking -- Cultural …
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R&D strategies and entrepreneurial spawning
Andersson, Martin; Baltzopoulos, Apostolos; Lööf, Hans - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 54-68
and wages are less likely to generate entrepreneurs than firms with temporary or no R&D investments. Second, start …
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