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How Much of a Socialist Legacy? The Reemergence of Entrepreneurship in the East German Transformation to a Market Economy

Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We … investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the … market economy, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture. …

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Self-Employment after Socialism: Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurial Values, and Human Capital

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early precursor of entrepreneurial development - parental role models - for the individual decision to become self-employed in the post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the...

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The Shadows of the Past - How Implicit Institutions Influence Entrepreneurship

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of implicit institutions on the decision to become an entrepreneur. Implicit institutions are here defined as mindsets that have developed as the result of norms and traditions and we expect they will have an influence on risk attitudes and opportunity...

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Occupational Choice and Social Contacts Across Regions

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper tests the importance of social contacts on entrepreneurship. To measure differences in the …

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