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Who Starts a Business and Who Is Self-Employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …

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The Effects of Entrepreneurship Education

Weber, Richard; Graevenitz, Georg von; Harhoff, Dietmar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Entrepreneurship education ranks highly on policy agendas in Europe and the US, but little research is available to … assess its impacts. In this context it is of primary importance to understand whether entrepreneurship education raises … intentions to be entrepreneurial generally or whether it helps students determine how well suited they are for entrepreneurship …

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The Private Equity Premium Puzzle Revisited: New Evidence on the Role of Heterogeneous Risk Attitudes

Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008

The empirical finding that entrepreneurs tend to invest a large share of their wealth in their own firms despite comparably low returns and high risk has become known as the private equity premium puzzle. This paper provides evidence supporting the hypothesis that lower risk aversion of...

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Entrepreneurs' Gender and Financial Constraints: Evidence from International Data

Muravyev, Alexander; Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, Oleksandr - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

This paper studies gender discrimination against entrepreneurs by financial institutions. Based on the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) that covers firms in several countries of Western Europe as well as in the transition countries of Eastern Europe, our analysis...

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Would a Flat Tax Stimulate Entrepreneurship in Germany?: A Behavioural Microsimulation Analysis Allowing for Risk

Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008

When possible income tax reforms are debated, the suspected impact on entrepreneurship is often used as an argument in … entrepreneurship based on microeconometric research have not been provided by the literature, however. This paper estimates the ex …

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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity: Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively reciprocal ways. So far it is rarely analyzed whether these variables of social cognition influence everyday decision making behavior. We focus on entrepreneurs who are...

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Does Quality Make a Difference?: Employment Effects of High- and Low-Quality Start-Ups

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

discuss the implications for entrepreneurship policy that can be derived from our findings. …

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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"

Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more … entrepreneurship. …

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How to Finance Eastern Enlargement of the EU

Weise, Christian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002

This paper analyses the consequences of the planned enlargement on the EU budget for the years 2007 and 2013. It concentrates on the EU's Common Agricultural Policy and Structural Policy and calculates the possible fiscal consequences of enlarging the EU for various policy scenarios. Enlarging...

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Financial Constraints and the Margins of FDI

Buch, Claudia M.; Kesternich, Iris; Lipponer, Alexander; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Recent literature on multinational firms has stressed the importance of low productivity as a barrier to the cross-border expansion of firms. But firms may also need external finance to shoulder the costs of entering foreign markets. We develop a model of multinational firms facing real and...

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