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Proprietary income, entrepreneurial risk, and the predictability of US stock returns
Hoffmann, Mathias (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003363972
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Growth effects of non proprietary innovation
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
We study an endogenous growth model where a profit-motivated R and D sector coexists with the introduction of free blueprints invented by philanthropists. These goods are priced at marginal cost, contrary to proprietary ones which are produced by a monopoly owned by the inventor. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409970
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Dynamics of open source movements
Athey, Susan; Ellison, Glenn - 2010
This paper considers a dynamic model of the evolution of open source software projects, focusing on the evolution of quality, contributing programmers, and users who contribute customer support to other users. Programmers who have used open source software are motivated by reciprocal altruism to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697802
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Digital piracy : theory
Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - 2010
This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008698398
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Immigrant entrepreneurship
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to … into the United States, comprehensive data for quantifying immigrant entrepreneurship are difficult to assemble. We combine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565661
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404444
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Immigration and entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2015
attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs’ contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010506325
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212363
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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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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015
We exploit Germany’s reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346315