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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity : Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2011

Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively … buyers, as well as needing to trust others and reciprocate with their network. We base our analysis on the German Socio …-Economic Panel and recently introduced questions about trust, positive reciprocity, and negative reciprocity to examine the extent …

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Die Geographie der kreativen Klasse in Deutschland

Fritsch, Michael; Stützer, Michael - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 65 (2007) 1, pp. 15-29

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Regionale Innovationspotentiale und innovative Netzwerke

Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 56 (1998) 4, pp. 243-252

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Öffentliche Forschungseinrichtungen im regionalen Innovationssystem: Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung in drei deutschen Regionen

Fritsch, Michael; Schwirten, Christian - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 56 (1998) 4, pp. 253-263

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Social Networks, Job Search Methods and Reservation Wages : Evidence for Germany

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

In this paper we analyze the relationship between social networks and the job search behavior of unemployed individuals. It is believed that networks convey useful information in the job search process such that individuals with larger networks should experience a higher productivity of informal...

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Does Quality Make a Difference? Employment Effects of High- and Low-Quality Start-Ups

Fritsch, Michael - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

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Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality : A Regression-Discontinuity Approach

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed individuals. Standard search theory predicts that an increase in UI benefit generosity, either in terms of benefit duration or entitlement, has a negative impact on the job...

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'I Want to, But I Also Need to' - Start-Ups Resulting from Opportunity and Necessity

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...

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Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2011

This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial development. On the basis of a large, representative household panel survey, we examine the extent to which the Big Five traits and further personality characteristics, which...

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Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed : Long-Term Evidence and Effect Heterogeneity

Caliendo, Marco; Kuenn, Steffen - 2010

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies (ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed accounted for nearly 17% of the total spending on ALMP in 2004....

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