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Koellinger, Philipp; Roessler, Christian - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

We develop a new perspective on the boundary of the firm that is consistent with the empirical observation that the share of entrepreneurs first decreases and then increases in the course of economic development. Existing theory based on transaction costs is difficult to relate to these...

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Economics: An Emerging Small World?

Goyal, Sanjeev; Leij, Marco van der; Moraga-González, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

This paper examines the small world hypothesis. The first part of the paper presents empirical evidence on the evolution of a particular world: the world of journal publishing economists during the period 1970-2000. We find that in the 1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands....

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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start?

Parker, Simon C.; Praag, C. Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...

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Total Factor Productivity and the Role of Entrepreneurship

Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Institute

models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that – when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …

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Firm Formation with Complementarities: The Role of the Entrepreneur

Roessler, Christian; Koellinger, Philipp - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

We model the emergence of organization forms in a game between prospective entrepreneurs. Complementary roles arise endogenously in a way that admits a stable assignment of workers to firms. This contrasts with existing work on job matching, where stability typically requires workers to be...

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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in Japan

Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Baljeu, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …

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Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, C. Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch …-averse people might be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior research has generated mixed evidence … about the effects of risk aversion on selection into entrepreneurship. …

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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework

Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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Entrepreneurship and the Business Cycle

Koellinger, P.D.; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Institute

contradicts existing theoretical hypotheses which predict that entrepreneurship is pro-cyclical or not cyclical. We discuss …

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Entrepreneurial Progress: Climbing The Entrepreneurial Ladder in Europe and The US

Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …

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