The paper deals with the role of new firm formation in regional development. Many of the effects of the new firms are … analyses for West German regions show that an impact of new firm formation can only be found for the development in the 1990s … development is long term in nature. In East Germany the impact of new firm formation on growth seems to be much stronger than in …

Germany. The differences of the factors determining the formation of new businesses as well as their development between these …