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Regional income inequality and convergence processes in the EU-25

Paas, Tiiu; Schlitte, Friso - 2007

This paper deals with the development of disparities in regional per capita GDP and convergence processes in the … inequality in order to show the development of between- and within-country disparities. Secondly, we conduct a formal Ø-convergence … centre of Europe. However, the convergence process has been driven mainly by national factors. In the course of this process …

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The role of COVID-19 in spatial reorganization: Some evidence from Germany

Ehlert, Andree; Wedemeier, Jan; Zahlmann, Tabea - 2021

This paper analyzes the role of regional demographic, socioeconomic and political factors on changes in mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides new empirical evidence for the regional differentiation of lockdown measures and indicates a possible reorganization of spatial economic and...

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EU enlargement and convergence: Does market access matter?

Niebuhr, Annekatrin; Schlitte, Friso - 2008

in the EU. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of the most recent EU enlargement on convergence among … significantly alter the findings of our convergence analysis. …

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The Process of Creative Construction:Knowledge Spillovers,Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Agarwal, Rajshree; Audretsch, David; Sarkar, MB - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008

Questioning the underlying assumptions of the process of creative destruction, weconceptualize an alternative process of creative construction that may characterizethe dynamics between entrants and incumbents. We discuss the underlyingmechanism of knowledge spillover strategic entrepreneurship...

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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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