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Perceptions, expectations, and entrepreneurship : the role of extreme events

Brück, Tilman; Llussá, Fernanda; Tavares, José - 2010

disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts - on the perceptions of entrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues … entrepreneurs and their perceptions. Using individual-level data from 43 countries from the period 2002 to 2005, we find that … of entrepreneurial activity in specific circumstances. There is hence scope for entrepreneurs, and policies supporting …

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Do regions with entrepreneurial neighbors perform better? : A spatial econometric approach for German regions

Pijnenburg, Katharina; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič - 2011

We use a neoclassical production function to analyze the effects of knowledge spillovers via entrepreneurship on economic performance of 337 German districts. To take the spatial dependence structure of the data into account, we estimate a spatial Durbin model. We highlight the importance of the...

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Does gender of firm ownership matter? : female entrepreneurs and the gender pay gap

Kritikos, Alexander; Maliranta, Mika; Nippala, Veera; … - 2024

We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to...

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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : native men, Turks, and other migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2003

Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs in the European Union. We identify the characteristics of the self …-employed individuals and understand their underlying drive into selfemployment. At the same time we investigate how immigrant entrepreneurs …

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Decentralization, social capital and regional convergence

Mauro, Luciano; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2013

By studying the interaction between social capital and decentralization, we show that political decentralization can be a source of divergence across heterogeneous regions. In particular, we claim that since the local endowments of social capital display their effect on the economy mainly...

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The benefits of adult learning : work-related training, social capital, and earnings

Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2019

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Drivers of private equity investment in CEE and Western European countries

Bernoth, Kerstin; Colavecchio, Roberta; Sass, Magdolna - 2010

A strong private equity market is a cornerstone for commercialization and innovation in modern economies. However, substantial differences exist in the relative amounts raised and invested in private equity across European countries. We investigate the macro-determinants of private equity...

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Multilateral development bank ratings and preferred creditor status

Perraudin, William R. M.; Powell, Andrew; Yang, Peng - 2016

This paper analyzes influences on the credit standing of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), specifically the quality, diversification and single name concentration of their portfolios, and on the market practice known as Preferred Creditor Status (PCS), whereby sovereigns that default on...

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Volatility patterns of CDS, bond and stock markets before and during the financial crisis : evidence from major financial institutions

Belke, Ansgar; Gokus, Christian - 2011

This study is motivated by the development of credit-related instruments and signals of stock price movements of large banks during the recent financial crisis. What is common to most of the empirical studies in this field is that they concentrate on modeling the conditional mean. However,...

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Environmental innovations, local networks and internationalization

Cainelli, Giulio; Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montresor, Sandro - 2011

This paper investigates the drivers of the environmental innovations (EI) introduced by firms in local production systems (LPS). The role of firm network relationships, agglomeration economies and internationalization strategies is analysed for a sample of 555 firms in the Emilia-Romagna region,...

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