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Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: An Obvious Conjunction?

DEJARDIN, Marcus - EconWPA - 2001

This paper consists of an introductory survey of two fundamental questions regarding the link between entrepreneurship … and economic growth. The first one deals with the endogenous relationship between entrepreneurship and growth. In … particular, we suggest that, while more entrepreneurship could mean more economic growth, economic growth in turn could affect …

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Mortality Rate and Property Rights in a Model with Human Capital and R&D

Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2004

We use a set of established growth models, which simultaneously include human capital and R&D, to show that the effect of mortality rate in human capital accumulation is quantitatively more important than the effect of perfectly guaranteed patents on research. First, we show that the effect of...

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Early Starts, Reversals and Catchup in The Process of Economic Development

Chanda, Areendam; Putterman, Louis - EconWPA - 2004

Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth in recent decades than have later-comers to agriculture and statehood like New Guinea, the Congo, and Uruguay. We show that more rapid growth by early starters has been the norm in economic...

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"Basic Principles of Sustainable Development"

Harris, Jonathan M. - EconWPA - 2001

This paper explores what a critical commentary on micro principles texts might look like, examining what is to be critiqued and how to do it.

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IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN A MOBILE CAPITAL MODEL

Bandopadhyay, Titas - EconWPA - 2005

This paper incorporates informal sector and efficiency wage relation in a mobile capital H-T(1970) model. The simultaneous existence of the urban informal sector and the urban unemployment has been explained interms of such efficiency wage relation. Two different versions have been considered in...

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ON-THE-JOB SEARCH, URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES-A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS

Bandopadhyay, Titas - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to examine the Fields (1989) proposition1 in a multi sector general equilibrium model with perfect and imperfect capital mobility2. The effects of different fiscal policies on the equilibrium rate of urban unemployment are also examined here3. The main findings are...

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DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND DIFFERENTIAL PRODUCTION STRUCTURE IN A HARRIS-TODARO ECONOMY

Bandopadhyay, Titas Kumar - EconWPA - 2005

This paper incorporates informal sector and efficiency wage relation in a Harris-Todaro econmy under differential production structure. The simultaneous existence of the urban informal sector and the urban unemployment has been explained interms of such efficiency wage relation. Two different...

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Terrorism Prevention: A General Model

Dietrich, Franz - EconWPA - 2004

In this paper, I present and discuss a method for modelling an important trade-off faced by terrorism prevention policies: the trade-off between, on the one hand, trying to reduce people's inclination towards terrorism, and, on the other hand, trying to protect society against existing...

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The liberating power of entrepreneurship in ancient Athens

Bitros, George C.; Karayiannis, Anastassios D. - EconWPA - 2004

Our objectives in this paper are threefold. First, we identify the nature of entrepreneurial climate in ancient Athens. Drawing on the analyses of Athenian writers we argue that, although philosophers, politicians, and generals enjoyed greater civil and social status relative to those pursuing...

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The Green Entrepreneur: Visionary, Maverick or Opportunist?

Taylor, David W.; Walley, Liz E. E. - EconWPA - 2003

entrepreneurship (1998). The terms 'ethical maverick', 'ad hoc environpreneur', 'visionary champion' and 'innovative opportunist' are … ways to foster green entrepreneurship. …

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