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The bright but right view? A new type of evidence on entrepreneurial optimism

Bengtsson, Ola; Ekeblom, Daniel - 2014

Existing empirical evidence suggests that entrepreneurs are optimists, a finding researchers often interpret as evidence of a behavioral bias in entrepreneurial decision-making. We revisit this claim by analyzing an unusually large survey dataset (180,814 responses) that allows us to create a...

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Product market reforms and incentives to innovate in Sweden

Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - 2013

The Swedish economy has developed rapidly since the mid-1990s relative to most comparable countries, in particular relative to almost all other EU-15 countries. We investigate two policy areas that are believed to have been important for the strong economic development in Sweden during the last...

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Entrepreneurship, innovation and the good life: Reflections on Edmund Phelps' mass flourishing

Henrekson, Magnus - 2014

. These objections are especially regrettable given the importance of the book's main message: Creative entrepreneurship is …

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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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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Competition and Competition Policy

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2006

We show that, in the case when innovations are for sale, increased product market competition, captured by reduced product market profits, can increase the incentives for innovations. The reason is that the incentive to innovate depends on the acquisition price which, in turn, might increase...

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The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship

Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - 2007

entrepreneurship/small business, public choice and new institutional economics. The entrepreneurial function is shown to depend … influenced by entrepreneurs. A typology of entrepreneurship is developed to further our understanding of the bilateral effects …

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Israel M. Kirzner: An Outstanding Austrian Contributor to the Economics of Entrepreneurship

Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus; Eliasson, Gunnar - 2006

Israel M. Kirzner is the 2006 winner of The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research. In … this essay, we present and evaluate his main contributions to the economics of entrepreneurship. The focus is on how … crucial role of entrepreneurship and the individual entrepreneur has become visible to a much broader audience. …

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Entrepreneurship and Institutions

Henrekson, Magnus - 2007

policies, taxation and the regulation of labor markets. Institutions have far-reaching effects on entrepreneurship, and they … entrepreneurship to the institutional setup it is maintained that in-depth analyses of specific institutions are required in order to … further our understanding of the determinants of entrepreneurial behavior and the economic effects of entrepreneurship. The …

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The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship: An Introduction

Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - 2007

In this introductory chapter to a collective volume dealing with the political economy of entrepreneurship,* we argue …, based on a suggested unifying framework, that political economy is a fruitful approach to entrepreneurship. The importance … the selected articles also show that the social value of entrepreneurship must be evaluated as it is realized. Three …

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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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