entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity … evidence on transition economies. -- credit constraints ; distribution ; economic development ; entrepreneurship ; institutions … other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural …

entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …

objectively true and ex ante known probability distribution, the entrepreneur is made redundant. Thus, the theory fails to … distribution, and, ultimately, economic growth. These shortcomings risk leading to erroneous or overly narrow policy conclusions by …

entrepreneurship requires many other actors - besides the entrepreneur - whose skills and abilities are necessary to realize an … framework that levels the playing field for potential entrepreneurs and encourages productive entrepreneurship. To promote this … foster innovation and, in the end, the welfare-enhancing productive entrepreneurship policymakers and scholars strive for. …

where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …

it actually materializes, and also its magnitude, hinges on policies and institutions in key realms that include …

This paper extends prior theory linking present-day sex ratios to present-day propensity for entrepreneurship among men … backward in time to explore the long-run gender origins of entrepreneurship. We argue that present-day propensity for … entrepreneurship among men will be higher in neighbourhoods which had historically high sex ratios. We propose that high sex ratios …

country-of-ancestry distribution for US counties from 1850 to 2010. We also develop a county-level measure of GDP per capita …-of-origin composition of a county matters. Moreover, the culture, institutions, and human capital that the immigrant groups brought with …