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Agglomeration, Spatial Interaction and Convergence in the EU

Bräuninger, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2005

We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial …

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Convergence and the effects of spatial interaction

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic … scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide additional information on the spatial aspect of convergence. Spatial … econometric methods are used to investigate regional convergence in West Germany. The results indicate that spatial interaction is …

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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002

The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...

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High Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies and Economic Growth

Stam, Erik; Suddle, Kashifa; Hessels, Jolanda; Stel, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs...

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Post-Materialism Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activity Across Nations

Uhlaner, Lorraine M.; Thurik, Roy - 2005

The study of predictors of entrepreneurial activity at the country level has been dominated by economic influences. However, the relative stability of differences in entrepreneurial activity across countries suggests that other forces such as institutional and/or cultural factors are at play....

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Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownershiop across 22 OECD Countries, 1976-2000

Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, Roy; Stel, Adriaan J. van; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

Persistent differences in the level of business ownership across economically developed nations have attracted the attentiion of scientific as well as political debate. Cultural rather than economic influences are assumed to play a decisive role. This paper deals with the influence of cutlural...

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Nascent entrepreneurship and the level of economic development

Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, Roy; Stel, Adriaan J. van; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

Based upon two strands of literature, this paper hypothesizes a U-shaped relationship between a country's rate of entrepreneurial dynamics and its level of economic development. This would imply a different scope for entrepreneurship policy across subsequent stages of development...

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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?

Thurik, Roy; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Carree, Martin Anthony; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, unemployment rates may stimulate start-up activity of self-employed. On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing...

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The effect of entrepreneurial activity on national economic growth

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Carree, Martin Anthony; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

Entrepreneurial activity is generally assumed to be an important aspect of the organization of industries most conducive to innovative activity and unrestrained competition. This paper investigates whether total entrepreneurial activity influences GDP growth for a sample of 36 countries. We test...

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The role of Dissatisfaction and Per Capita Income in Explaining Self-Employment across 15 European Countries

Wennekers, Sander; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Noorderhaven, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004

This paper deals with explaining the sizable differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) across 15 European countries in the period 1978-2000, within a framework of occupational choice, focusing on the influence of dissatisfaction and of per capita income. Using two different...

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