Similar Search Results

Would a flat tax stimulate entrepreneurship in Germany? : a behavioural microsimulation analysis allowing for risk

Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2008

-employment in Germany. For the estimation I apply a microsimulation model which is based on the tax-benefit model STSM and on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725962

The impact of risk attitudes on entrepreneurial survival

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2008

Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk attitudes and the decision to become an entrepreneur,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726124

Income taxes and entrepreneurial choice : empirical evidence from Germany

Fossen, Frank M. (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2006

Germany, the top marginal income tax rates were reduced exclusively for entrepreneurs in 1994 and 1999/2000. These tax reforms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003315579

Risk attitudes of nascent entrepreneurs : new evidence from an experimentally-validated survey

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2006

The influence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussed topic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that the role model of an entrepreneur requires to make risky decisions in uncertain environments and hence that more risk-averse...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338252

Gender differences in entrepreneurial choice and risk aversion : a decomposition based on a microeconometric model

Fossen, Frank M. - 2009

in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003889522

Precautionary and entrepreneurial saving : new evidence from German households

Fossen, Frank M.; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2009

without controlling for heterogeneity. This paper provides evidence for Germany based on representative panel data including …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874776

New firm formation by industry over space and time : a multi-level analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver - 2003

formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437260

Entrepreneurial spillovers over space and time

Fossen, Frank M.; Martin, Thorsten - 2016

Entrepreneurship is a local and dynamic phenomenon. We jointly investigate spatial spillovers and time persistence of regional new business formation. Using panel data from all 402 German counties for 1996-2011, we estimate dynamic spatial panel models of business creation in the high-tech and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558661

Do entrepreneurs really earn less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438045

Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015 - This version: January 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479957