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The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners: the first three months after social-distancing restrictions
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020
Social distancing restrictions and health- and economic-driven demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the...
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Housing Collateral, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship - Evidence from a Mortgage Reform
Jensen, Thais - 2014
point increase in entrepreneurship, equivalent to a 4% increase in the number of entrepreneurs. New entrants were more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045578
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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. Without finance constraints, enforcement of non-compete agreements unambiguously improves social welfare outcomes, and even increases the rate of spinoffs from original firms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528295
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Entrepreneurship, economic conditions, and the Great Recession
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2013
The "Great Recession" resulted in many business closings and foreclosures, but what effect did it have on business formation? On the one hand, recessions decrease potential business income and wealth, but on the other hand they restrict opportunities in the wage/salary sector leaving the net...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712435
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The gender gap in entrepreneurship : not just a matter of personality
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2014
Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household panel, we investigate to what extent personality traits, human capital, and the employment history influence the start-up decision and can explain the gender gap in...
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Why entrepreneurs choose risky R&D projects : but still not risky enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Hjertstrand, Per; … - 2016
This paper examines how entrepreneurs and incumbents differ in R&D strategies. We show that entrepreneurs have …. However, entrepreneurs may still select too safe projects from a social point of view, since they do not internalize the … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the …
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Behind the GATE experiment : evidence on effects of and rationales for subsidized entrepreneurship training
Fairlie, Robert W.; Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan - 2014
Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate testable predictions regarding heterogeneous treatment effects from such programs. Using a large randomized evaluation in the United States, we find no strong or lasting effects on...
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University Entrepreneurship and Professor Privilege
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika - 2014
This paper analyzes how institutional differences affect university entrepreneurship. We focus on ownership of faculty inventions, and compare two institutional regimes; the US and Sweden. In the US, the Bayh Dole Act gives universities the right to own inventions from publicly funded research,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066279
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Behind the Gate Experiment : Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2014
Various theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs throughout the world. Using data from the largest randomized control trial ever conducted on entrepreneurship training, we examine the validity of such motivations and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066692
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Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
Kerr, William - 2015
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times more concentrated in self employment for dry cleaning than other immigrant groups, and...
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