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into entrepreneurship, we use changes in entry regulation into skilled trades. Estimation results are consistent with the …
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In many countries entrepreneurship is promoted through tax reductions for small businesses and by various government …
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Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …
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business stealing effect. Commercialization support induces entrepreneurship but may lead to mediocre entrepreneurship by … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the … type of entrepreneurship. We develop a regression framework to test empirical predictions of the model. Within our …
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measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …
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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...
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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...
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In this paper we propose minority voting as a scheme that can partially protect individuals from the risk of repeated exploitation. We consider a committee that meets twice to decide about projects where the first-period project may have a long-lasting impact. In the first period a simple open...
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We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United … entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from the United States supports our model's underlying mechanisms …
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A large body research shows a positive relationship between wealth and entrepreneurship and interprets the relationship … entrepreneurship and a different measure of wealth – net housing equity – for the two groups. Second, we examine the liquidity …
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