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Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital?
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015
Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A potential mechanism underlying this pronounced persistence is that high levels of start-up activity lead to the emergence of a regional culture and a supporting environment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348206
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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship: Causes, effects, and directions for future research
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017
This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an important role in explaining persistence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663362
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The effect of regional entrepreneurship culture on economic development: Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369318
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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884466
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To friends everything, to strangers the law? An experiment on contract enforcement and group identity
Panganiban, Marian - 2015
Although the role of formal and informal institutions in promoting economic growth and sustaining exchange relations is … challenge. This study aims to distill the essential characteristics of formal and informal institutions and disentangle their … effects on trust and performance in exchange relations through a laboratory experiment. Formal institutions are modeled as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011419477
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Social motives in intergroup conflict
Weisel, Ori; Zultan, Ro'i - 2013
We experimentally test the social motives behind individual participation in intergroup conflict by manipulating the framing and symmetry of conflict. We find that behavior in conflict depends on whether one is harmed by actions perpetrated by the out-group, but not on one's own influence on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323881
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Rules (of bidding) to generate equal stated profits: An axiomatic approach
Güth, Werner - 2010
Although one may hope to achieve equality of stated profits without enforcing it, one may not trust in such voluntary equality seeking and rather try to impose rules (of bidding) guaranteeing it. Our axiomatic approach is based on envy-free net trades according to bids which, together with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267112
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An ultimatum game with multidimensional response strategies
Güth, Werner; Levati, M. Vittoria; Nardi, Chiara; … - 2014
We enrich the choice task of responders in ultimatum games by allowing them to independently decide whether to collect what is offered to them and whether to destroy what the proposer demanded. Such a multidimensional response format intends to cast further light on the motives guiding responder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435149
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Would you mind if I get more? An experimental study of the envy game
Casal, Sandro; Güth, Werner; Jia, Mofei; Ploner, Matteo - 2011
Envy is often the cause of mutually harmful outcomes. We experimentally study the impact of envy in a bargaining setting in which there is no conflict in material interests: a proposer, holding the role of residual claimant, chooses the size of the pie to be shared with a responder, whose share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281655
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More than words: Communication in intergroup conflicts
Leibbrandt, Andreas; Sääksvuori, Lauri - 2010
Numerous studies suggest that communication may be a universal means to mitigate collective action problems. In this study, we challenge this view and show that the communication structure crucially determines whether communication mitigates or intensifies the problem of collective action. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281661