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We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent...
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This paper examines the extent to which the distinct settlement pattern of migrants arriving in the US during the big migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where they settled and whether this legacy can be traced...
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Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur … countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This led to the political mandate to promote entrepreneurship. Hence, a clear and … organized view is needed of what the determinants and consequences of entrepreneurship are. The present contribution tries to …
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entrepreneurship with its potential to set the economy on a higher growth path by supplying the products which consumers need and want …
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We study the effects of differences in local financial development within an integrated financial market. To do so, we construct a new indicator of financial development by estimating a regional effect on the probability that, ceteris paribus, a household is shut off from the credit market. By...
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aspects of the recent scientific literature on the relation between entrepreneurship and small business, on the one hand, and … pay a penalty in terms of forgone growth. It also pays attention to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a new and …
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Most studies investigating the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth treat entrepreneurs as a … countries participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we investigate whether the impact on growth depends on socio …-demographic diversity in entrepreneurship (in terms of age, education and gender). We find that in less developed countries older and higher …
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This paper discusses the difficulties associated with measuring entrepreneurship in developing countries. Three … important dichotomies in the research on entrepreneurship are discussed: formal-informal, legal-illegal, and necessity …-opportunity. Several common measures of entrepreneurship are outlined along with their relevance to developing countries, including self …
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Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur … countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This led to the political mandate to promote entrepreneurship. Hence, a clear and … organized view is needed of what the determinants and consequences of entrepreneurship are. The present contribution tries to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973356
-driven entrepreneurship in the modern sector. The model shows how opportunity-driven entrepreneurship can drive structural transformation …
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