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Competition and Firm Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from Firm Level Surveys in Slovenia, Hungary and Romania

Konings, Jozef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

countries, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia. The data are based on interviews taken in more than 300 state-owned, privatized and … pressure has a positive impact on firm performance in Hungary and Slovenia, but not in Romania, while in Romenia short … (being state-owned and privatized enterprises) tend to perform worse than newly-established firms in Hungary and Slovenia. In …

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Indian GDP Before 1870: Some Preliminary Estimates and a Comparison with Britain

Broadberry, Stephen N; Gupta, Bishnupriya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper provides estimates of Indian GDP constructed from the output side for the pre-1871 period, and combines them with population estimates to track changes in living standards. Indian per capita GDP declined steadily between 1600 and 1871. As British living standards increased from the...

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Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns

Berglann, Helge; Moen, Espen R; Roed, Knut; Skogstrøm, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched … worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …

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Perceptions, Expectations, and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Extreme Events

Brück, Tilman; Llussá, Fernanda; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extreme events – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions of entrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure in starting a business...

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Lobbying on Entry

Perotti, Enrico C; Volpin, Paolo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequality and political accountability undermine entry and financial development. Incumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potential entrants from raising capital. They succeed because they can...

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Trade and Entrepreneurship with Heterogeneous Workers

Oyama, Daisuke; Sato, Yasuhiro; Tabuchi, Takatoshi; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

individuals on the formation of entrepreneurship in a two-country occupation choice model. We show that trade opening gives rise …

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Tax Policy, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

Keuschnigg, Christian; Nielsen, Soren Bo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

an entrepreneurial sector, the Paper investigates the effects of taxes on the equilibrium level of entrepreneurship and …

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Where Do Firms Incorporate?

Becht, Marco; Mayer, Colin; Wagner, Hannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Over the last few years, a series of rulings by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has opened up the European Union to cross-border mobility in incorporation. In this paper we explore how deregulation and the costs of regulation have affected the location decisions of firms. Using a newly...

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How and Why Does Knowledge Spill Over? The Case of Biotechnology

Audretsch, David B; Stephan, Paula E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper sheds light on the questions, Why does knowledge spill over? and How does knowledge spill over? The answer to these questions lies in the incentives confronting scientists to appropriate the expected value of their knowledge considered in the context of their path-dependent career...

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Does Local Financial Development Matter?

Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

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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