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Do Entrepreneurs Matter?
Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K. - CESifo - 2013
In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607007
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Greasing the Wheels of Entrepreneurship? The Impact of Regulations and Corruption on Firm Entry
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin - CESifo - 2007
The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test … requirements are detrimental to entrepreneurship. Second, we test whether corruption reduces the negative impact of regulations on … entrepreneurship in highly regulated economies. Our empirical analysis for a maximum of 43 countries over the period 2003-2005 shows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181356
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The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship: Not Just a Matter of Personality
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank; Kritikos, Alexander; … - CESifo - 2014
Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …
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