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Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Tåg, Joacim - 2024

The creation and scaling of startups are inherently linked to risk-taking, with various types of owners handling these risks differently. This paper investigates the influence of an active venture capital (VC) market on startups’ decisions regarding research and scaling. It outlines conditions...

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Investor tax breaks and financing for start-ups : evidence from China

Güçeri, İrem; Hou, Xipei; Xing, Jing - 2024

We examine how investor-level tax incentives affect financing for start-ups using the introduction of a generous tax deduction for qualified angel and VC investment in China as a quasi-natural experiment. We find that the tax incentive increases funding for eligible start-ups, with stronger...

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The old-boy network and the quality of entrepreneurs

Bac, Mehmet; Inci, Eren - 2010

We study a model of network formation and start-up financing with endogenous entrepreneurial type distribution. A hub firm admits members to its network based on signals about entrepreneurs' types. Network membership is observable, which allows lenders to offer different interest rates to...

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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intention : international evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling

Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010

non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the … shares, students’ academic skills, and parents’ entrepreneurial occupation. -- private school competition ; entrepreneurship …

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Indian entrepreneurial success in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom

Fairlie, Robert W.; Krashinsky, Harry A.; … - 2013

Indian immigrants in the United States and other wealthy countries are successful in entrepreneurship. Using Census … data from the three largest developed countries receiving Indian immigrants in the world -- the United States, United …

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Entrepreneurship, economic risks, and risk insurance in the welfare state : results with OECD data 1978-93

Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Kanniainen, Vesa - 2000

data. Weak evidence is found for the proposition that the rate of entrepreneurship is related to the degree of income …We find evidence in the OECD cross-country data to support the Knightian view that non-diversifiable economic risks … shape equilibrium entrepreneurship in an occupational choice model. Differential social insurance of entrepreneurial and …

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