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Imperfect transmission of tacit knowledge and other barriers to entrepreneurship
Kanniainen, Vesa (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003499576
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Taxation, industry integration and production efficiency
Moriconi, Simone - 2016
Taxes levied on production processes (e.g. VAT), are today a very important source of government revenues in developed economies. Theories of optimal taxation conclude that these taxes are detrimental to production efficiency, when firms operate in perfectly competitive markets. These theories...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509397
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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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Entrepreneurship, economic risks, and risk insurance in the welfare state : results with OECD data 1978-93
Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Kanniainen, Vesa - 2000
shape equilibrium entrepreneurship in an occupational choice model. Differential social insurance of entrepreneurial and … labor risk is found to be statistically significant and detrimental to entrepreneurship. The crowding-out effect of public … production of private goods on entrepreneurship dominates the crowding-in effect of public production of public goods in the OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781637
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A general equilibrium theory of occupational choice under optimistic beliefs about entrepreneurial ability
Dell'Era, Michele; Opromolla, Luca David; Santos-Pinto, … - 2018 - This version: August 30th, 2018
to entrepreneurship, and output. The calibration shows that optimism can explain the empirical puzzle of the low mean … returns to entrepreneurship compared to average wages. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924615
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Enterprise formation and labor market institutions
Kanniainen, Vesa; Vesala, Timo - 2000
The paper introduces a model of enterprise formation in a unionized economy with labor protection and wage bargaining. Enterprise formation is subject to future market risk and is shaped by labor market institutions in the post-entry stage. The predictions of the model are tested in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781640
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The leader as catalyst : on leadership and the mechanics of institutional change
Majumdar, Sumon (contributor); Mukand, Sharun W. (contributor) - 2008
Individual leaders have been central to the transformation of political institutions, organizations and many instances of social and economic reform. Why are some leaders able to take advantage of opportunities to successfully catalyze large-scale change while others fail? In this paper we argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729928
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Work organization, wage pressure in the secondary labor market, and the green card
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2001
Two trends have marked the politico-economic discussion in many industrialized countries in recent years. On the one hand, international production, workplace decentralization, shareholder orientation and generous manager remuneration have changed the face of firms in the primary economy. On the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398875
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The division of labor and the market for organizations
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763540