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Firm formation with complementarities : the role of the entrepreneur
Roessler, Christian; Koellinger, Philipp - 2011
We model entrepreneurship and the emergence of firms as a result of simultaneous bidding for labor services among … individual wages, but always raises the averagewage and depresses the average incomes of incumbent entrepreneurs- strictly so if …
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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: November 2010
the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379198
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The entrepreneurial adjustment process in disequilibrium
Burke, Andrew; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2009
The main contribution of entrepreneurship theory to economics is to provide an account of market performance in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377541
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Modelling entrepreneurship
Bosma, Niels; Wit, Gerrit de; Carree, Martin Anthony - 2003
Two approaches can be distinguished with respect to modelling entrepreneurship: (i) the approachfocusing on the net …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333271
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Returns for entrepreneurs versus employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vis-a-vis wage employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009
spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379475
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur?
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008
? Our individual fixed-effects estimates of the differential returns to ability for spells in entrepreneurship versus wage … ability has a stronger impact on entrepreneurial incomes than on wages. Entrepreneurs and employees benefit from different … sets of specific abilities: Language and clerical abilities have a stronger impact on wages, whereas mathematical, social …
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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913187
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It's the opportunity cost, stupid! : how self-employment responds to financial incentives of return, risk and skew
Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720711
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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378332
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Lobbying on entry
Perotti, Enrico C.; Volpin, Paolo - 2004
We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequalityand political accountability undermine entry and financial development. In-cumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potentialentrants from raising capital. They succeed because they can...
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