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Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation

Haufler, Andreas; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2012

Many governments promote small businesses for the dual reasons of fostering 'breakthrough' innovations and employment growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation project and on their mode of commercializing the...

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Taxes and the choice of organizational form by entrepreneurs in Sweden: [This working paper is an extended and indepth version of the analysis in IFN working paper no 907]

Edmark, Karin; Gordon, Roger - 2013

This paper estimates the role of both tax and non-tax determinants in the choice in Sweden to be a closely-held corporation vs. a proprietorship, using individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses. While lower-income individuals face relatively neutral incentives, higher...

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Gazelles as Job Creators: A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - 2008

It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms - so-called Gazelles - that are...

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Taxes and the Choice of Organizational Form by Entrepreneurs in Sweden

Edmark, Karin; Gordon, Roger - 2012

This paper makes use of individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses in Sweden to estimate the role of both tax and non-tax determinants in the choice to be a closely-held corporation vs. a proprietorship. While lower-income individuals face relatively neutral...

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The Global Award for Entreprenurship Research

Henrekson, Magnus; Lindström, Anders - 2008

The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly … further: The name is changed to The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, the Prize sum is roughly doubled to 100 …

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The Alert and Creative Entrepreneur: A Clarification

Kirzner, Israel M. - 2008

Israel M. Kirzner is the 2006 winner of The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research (the … entrepreneurial decisions) provides a theoretical underpinning for public policy vis-à-vis entrepreneurship. Professor Kirzner's main … contributions to the economics of entrepreneurship were also presented and evaluated by Douhan, Eliasson and Henrekson (2007). …

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