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Good times, bad times: entrepreneurship and the business cycle

Llopis, Juan A. Sanchis; Millán, José María; … - Departament d'Estructura Econòmica, Facultad de Economía - 2015

This article introduces the special issue on Entrepreneurship and the Business Cycle, comprising articles presented at … the workshop Good Times Bad Times: Entrepreneurship and the Cycle, held at the University of Valencia in November 2011 …. The workshop was organized to share insights about the under-researched issue of the interplay between entrepreneurship …

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Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship

Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...

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Religion and Entrepreneurship

Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Tamvada, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

, are found to be conducive to entrepreneurship, while others, such asHinduism, inhibit entrepreneurship. In addition, the … of the caste systeminfluence entrepreneurship, suggesting a link between religion and economic behavior... …

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The Effect of New Business Formation on Regional Development over Time: The Case of Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006

We investigate the effects of new business formation on employment change in German regions. A special focus is on the lag-structure of this effect and on differences between regions. The different phases of the effects of new business formation on regional development are relatively pronounced...

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The Economics of Entrepreneurship: What We Know and What we Don't

Parker, Simon C. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

entrepreneurship. It is designed primarily to showcase to young entrepreneurship scholars several interesting research questions and a …

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Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownershiop across 22 OECD Countries, 1976-2000

Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, Roy; Stel, Adriaan J. van; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

Persistent differences in the level of business ownership across economically developed nations have attracted the attentiion of scientific as well as political debate. Cultural rather than economic influences are assumed to play a decisive role. This paper deals with the influence of cutlural...

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The Persistence of Regional New Business Formation-Activity over Time - Assessing the Potential of Policy Promotion Programs

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition …

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The role of Dissatisfaction and Per Capita Income in Explaining Self-Employment across 15 European Countries

Wennekers, Sander; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Noorderhaven, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004

This paper deals with explaining the sizable differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) across 15 European countries in the period 1978-2000, within a framework of occupational choice, focusing on the influence of dissatisfaction and of per capita income. Using two different...

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