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To be or not to be : the entrepreneur in neo-Schumpeterian growth theory

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2022

machine learning, we analyze how neo-Schumpeterian growth theorists relate to the entrepreneur-centered view of Schumpeter … (1934) and the entrepreneurless framework of Schumpeter (1942). The literature leans heavily towards Schumpeter (1942 …); innovation returns are modeled as following an ex ante known probability distribution. By assuming that innovation outcomes are …

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Creative destruction, social security uptake and union networks

Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2019

Does the creative destruction induced by unions entail increased social security uptake? Creative destruction implies the closures of less productive workplaces, and if the regional benefits from this process is not large enough, the displacements caused by workplace closures cause increased...

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Wages, creative destruction, and union networks

Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2018

Do unions promote creative destruction? In this paper we apply a shift-share approach and historical unionisation data from 1918 to study the impact of changes in regional unionisation on regional wage and productivity growth and job creation and destruction during the period 2003-2012. As local...

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Evolution and the growth process : natural selection of entrepreneurial traits

Galor, Oded; Michalopulos, Stelios - 2012

This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit evolved non-monotonically in the course of human...

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Selfish altruism, fierce cooperation and the emergence of cooperative equilibria from passing and shooting

Askitas, Nikos - 2014

There is continuing debate about what explains cooperation and self-sacrifice in nature and in particular in humans. This paper suggests a new way to think about this famous problem. I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two...

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On market forces and human evolution

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002

This paper studies how an institution such as markets affects the evolution of mankind. My key point is that the forces of natural selection are made weaker because trade allows people to specialize in those activities where they are strong, and to offset their weaknesses by purchasing adequate...

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Initial luck, status-seeking and snowballs lead to corporate success and failure

Glazer, Amihai (contributor); Kanniainen, Vesa (contributor) - 2004

Corporate success often resembles a snowball. We show how initial luck in hiring talented people, the resulting technological advantage, superior corporate culture, and status-seeking by workers can make small initial differences generate large differences over time.

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Left-handedness and economic development

Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Pensieroso, Luca - 2021

This paper studies the interplay between left-handedness and economic development. To explain the decline and subsequent recovery of left-handedness observed over the last few centuries in the Western world, we propose a theory in which economic development influences the prevalence of...

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Geographical origins and economic consequences of language structures

Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016

This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...

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The macrogenoeconomics of comparative development

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2017

The importance of evolutionary forces for comparative economic performance across societies has been the focus of a vibrant literature, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of anatomically modern humans in generating worldwide...

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