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The impact of entrepreneurial risk aversion on wages in general equilibrium
Feng, Ying; Rauch, James E. - 2015
One of the leading theories of entrepreneurship is that less risk averse individuals become entrepreneurs and more risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519937
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Dynastic entrepreneurship, entry, and non-compete enforcement
Rauch, James E. - 2015
We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528295
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On Austrian analysis of entrepreneurship and my own
Baumol, William J. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001836266
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Demographics and Entrepreneurship
Liang, James - 2014
Entrepreneurship requires energy and creativity as well as business acumen. Some factors that contribute to … entrepreneurship may decline with age, but business skills increase with experience in high level positions. Having too many older … workers in society slows entrepreneurship. Older workers do not possess the advantages of youth, but more significant is that …
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Credit market imperfection, lack of entrepreneurs and capital outflow from a developing economy
Marjit, Sugata; Mishra, Suryaprakash - 2020
This paper explores the impact of credit market on the entrepreneurs and demand for credit in a credit constrained economy and the resultant impact on the capital flows. In standard trade models the capital flows across countries are explained as a result of the rate of return differentials due...
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Urban squatting with rent-seeking organizers
Brueckner, Jan K. - 2012
This paper extends a new line of research on urban squatting that focuses on the role of the squatter organizer. The model replaces the benevolent organizer from previous studies with a collection of competing, rent-seeking squatter organizers, a structure that may offer a realistic picture of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621780
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Terrorism prevention and electoral accountability
Dragu, Tiberiu; Polborn, Mattias - 2009
How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democracy? We analyze the connection between electoral accountability and policy effectiveness in the context of terrorism prevention. We develop a formal model of an interaction between a government, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913208
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Incorporating affirmative action into the welfare state
Blumkin, Tomer (contributor); Margaliyot, Yoram (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497819
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Decentralization and the fate of minorities
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Cappelen, Alexander W. - 2003
This paper analyses the welfare effects of a change from centralized to decentralized political authority. The potential disadvantage with decentralization in our model is that local dominant groups with rather extreme preferences may win the vote and implement policies that harm the well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509456
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Minorities and storable votes
Casella, Alessandra (contributor);  … - 2005
The paper studies a simple voting system that has the potential to increase the power of minorities without sacrificing aggregate efficiency. Storable votes grant each voter a stock of votes to spend as desired over a series of binary decisions. By accumulating votes on issues that it deems most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003202936