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The relation between economic development and business ownership revisited
Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, … - 2007
This paper revisits the two-equation model of Carree, van Stel, Thurik and Wennekers (2002) where deviations from the ‘equilibrium’ rate of business ownership play a central role determining both the growth of business ownership and that of economic development. Two extensions of the...
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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2009 - Current version: May 2009
models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that – when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378136
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Unraveling the shift to the entrepreneurial economy
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2011 - Current version: April 2011
economy. In particular, the empirical evidence provides consistent support that (1) the role of entrepreneurship has … may be that the current approach to entrepreneurship policy is misguided. The priority should not be on entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381042
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Assessing budget support with statistical impact evaluation : a methodological proposal
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Hoop, Kobus de - 2008 - Forthcoming in World Development
Donor agencies and recipient governments want to assess the effectiveness of aid-supported sector policies. Unfortunately, existing methods for impact evaluation are designed for the evaluation of homogeneous interventions (‘projects’) where those with and without ‘treatment’ can be...
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Is more entrepreneurship better?
Koellinger, Philipp; Roessler, Christian - 2009 - Last update 03.12.2009
We develop a new perspective on the boundary of the firm that is consistent with the empirical observation that the share of entrepreneurs first decreases and then increases in the course of economic development. Existing theory based on transaction costs is difficult to relate to these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379448
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Business ownership and unemployment in Japan
Acht, Joost van; Stam, Joop A.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2004
unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334828
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Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization : global analysis at the grid cell level
Motamed, Mesbah J.; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Masters, … - 2014
This paper addresses the timing of a location's historical transition from rural to urban activity. We test whether urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide data that divide the earth's surface at half-degree...
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Evolutionary analysis of the relationship between economic growth, environmental quality and resource scarcity
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2003 - Rev.
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Evolution of harvesting strategies : replicator and resource dynamics
Noailly, Joëlle; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den; … - 2001
Economic theories of managing renewable resources, such as fisheries and forestry, traditionally assume that individual harvesters are perfectly rational and thus able to compute the harvesting strategy that maximizes their discounted profits. The current paper presents an alternative approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316860
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When culture does not matter : experimental evidence from coalition formation ultimatum games in Austria and Japan
Okada, Akira; Riedl, Arno - 1999 - This version: March, 1999
This paper reports the results of a cross-country comparison between Austria andJapan for an experimental 3-personcoalition formation ultimatum game. The experimental design allows thecomparison with respect to three decisions. (i)The coalition decision, (ii) proposers' demand behavior in 2- and...
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