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(I Can't Get No) Job Satisfaction? Differences by Sexual Orientation in Sweden
Aldén, Lina - 2020
We present results from a unique nationwide survey conducted in Sweden on sexual orientation and job satisfaction. Our …
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The Inventor’s Role : Was Schumpeter Right?
Braunerhjelm, Pontus - 2020
According to Schumpeter, the creative process of economic development can be divided into the three distinguishable stages of invention, innovation (commercialization) and imitation. Following this theory, invention and innovation require different skills. This paper tests whether the invention...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825157
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Taxes and the Choice of Organizational Form by Entrepreneurs in Sweden
Edmark, Karin - 2014
This paper makes use of individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses in Sweden to estimate the …
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Taxes and the Choice of Organizational Form by Entrepreneurs in Sweden
Edmark, Karin; Gordon, Roger H. - 2014
This paper makes use of individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses in Sweden to estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014169286
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Using Self-Employment as Proxy for Entrepreneurship : Some Empirical Caveats
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - 2014
Research on entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of interest in recent years, with self-employment being … used as the most common proxy for “entrepreneurship” in empirical studies. However, there are various ways of defining self …-employment sometimes differs diametrically depending on source. Sweden is occasionally erroneously reported to show the largest increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191114
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Sizing Up the Impact of Embassies on Exports
Ferguson, Shon M. - 2014
The purpose of this study is to test for the effects of trade promotion via the foreign service. We develop a Melitz-based model where firms are heterogeneous with respect to productivity and must pay a beachhead cost to enter a foreign market, which can be reduced by government spending on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057324
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Gazelles as Job Creators - A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
Henrekson, Magnus - 2019
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012706093
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Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation
Persson, Lars - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091094
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The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
Henrekson, Magnus; Lundström, Anders - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213820
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Characteristics and Performance of New Firms and Spinoffs in Sweden
Andersson, Martin; Klepper, Steven - 2012
We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden … over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320218