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Simultaneous Search and Network Efficiency
Gautier, Pieter A.; Holzner, Christian - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
When workers send applications to vacancies they create a network. Frictions arise becauseworkers typically do not know where other workers apply to and firms do not know whichcandidates other firms consider. The first coordination friction affects network formation, whilethe second coordination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009347589
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Good and Bad Institutions: Is the Debate Over?Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence from theTextile Industry
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
Using firm-level data from nine developing countries we demonstrate that (a) certaininstitutions like restrictive labour market regulations that are considered to be bad foreconomic growth might be beneficial for production efficiency, whereas (b) good businessenvironment which is considered to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360548
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The Financial and Operating Performance ofPrivatized Firms in Sweden
Tatahi, Motasam; Heshmati, Almas - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
This paper examines the change in operating and financial performance of Swedish firmsthat were either partly or fully privatized during the period of 1989-2007. Two differentmethods are used to empirically investigate the performance of privatized firms. First,accounting data prior to and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360652
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Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality:New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
Economic Psychology on “Personality and Entrepreneurship”.The contributions are clustered around questions regarding the … entrepreneurship research.... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353909
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Entrepreneurship, Economic Conditions,and the Great Recession
Fairlie, Robert - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
opportunities in the wage/salary sectorleaving the net effect on entrepreneurship ambiguous. The most up-to-date microdataavailable … entrepreneurship at the individual level to shed lighton this question. Regression estimates indicate that local labor market … conditions are a majordeterminant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase theprobability that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360519
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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs toCreate Larger Firms?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types ofentrepreneurship across …. We test these hypotheses using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in55 countries for 2001-2006, applying a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360546
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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth andEntrepreneurship: Theory and Evidencefrom the Introduction of a “Fresh Start”
Fossen, Frank M. - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
, lenders may charge higherinterest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of amore … entrepreneurship.... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360549
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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity:Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in bothpositively and negatively reciprocal ways. So far it is rarely analyzed whether these variablesof social cognition influence everyday decision making behavior. We focus on entrepreneurswho are permanently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360565
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Is Employer-Based Health Insurance a Barrier toEntrepreneurship?
Fairlie, Robert W.; Kapur, Kanika; Gates, Susan - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
limited research on the topic of “entrepreneurship lock” by usingrecent panel data from matched Current Population Surveys. We … ownership in the month individuals turn 65. Our estimatesprovide some evidence that “entrepreneurship lock” exists, which raises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360577
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Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
Poschke, Markus - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
relationshipbetween an individual’s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firmsconsistently benefit more from … “entrepreneurship out of necessity” falls with income percapita. The paper also documents, for two of the facts for the first time, that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360578