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Konon, Alexander - 2017

We address the question of whether media influences occupational choices. To theoretically examine media effects, we construct a dynamic Bayesian occupational choice model with sequential decisions under ambiguity due to imperfect information. We show that sufficiently intensive positive media...

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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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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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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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The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Entrepreneurial Survival

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009

Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk attitudes and the decision to become an entrepreneur,...

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Why Did Self-Employment Increase so Strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael - 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification. Applying the non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique, we find that the main factors driving these changes in the overall level of self-employment are demographic...

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The Link Between R&D, Innovation and Productivity : Are Micro Firms Different?

Baumann, Julian - 2016

We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer than 10 employees; usually constituting the majority of firms in industrialized economies. Using the German KfW SME panel, we examine to what extent micro firms are different...

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What Drives the Productive Efficiency of a Firm? The Importance of Industry, Location, R&D, and Size

Badunenko, Oleg; Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2008

This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...

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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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