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

Fritsch, Michael - 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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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity : Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco - 2011

Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively … buyers, as well as needing to trust others and reciprocate with their network. We base our analysis on the German Socio …-Economic Panel and recently introduced questions about trust, positive reciprocity, and negative reciprocity to examine the extent …

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Die Geographie der kreativen Klasse in Deutschland

Fritsch, Michael; Stützer, Michael - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 65 (2007) 1, pp. 15-29

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Regionale Innovationspotentiale und innovative Netzwerke

Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 56 (1998) 4, pp. 243-252

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Öffentliche Forschungseinrichtungen im regionalen Innovationssystem: Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung in drei deutschen Regionen

Fritsch, Michael; Schwirten, Christian - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 56 (1998) 4, pp. 253-263

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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship : Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a 'Fresh Start'

Fossen, Frank M. - 2011

"A personal bankruptcy law that allows for a “fresh start” after bankruptcy reduces the individual risk involved in entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, as risk shifts to creditors who recover less of their credit after a debtor's bankruptcy, lenders may charge higher interest rates...

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Stepping Forward : Personality Traits, Choice of Profession, and the Decision to Become Self-Employed

Fritsch, Michael - 2013

We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...

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Opportunity versus Necessity Entrepreneurship : Two Components of Business Creation

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2018

A common finding in the entrepreneurship literature is that business creation increases in recessions. This counter-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: “opportunity” and “necessity” entrepreneurship. Although there is general agreement in the...

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Risky Earnings, Taxation and Entrepreneurial Choice : A Microeconometric Model for Germany

Fossen, Frank M. - 2008

Which role do individual income prospects play in the decision to be an entrepreneur rather than an employee? In a model of occupational choice, higher expected after-tax earnings attract people to self-employment, while more risky net earnings deter risk-averse individuals. In this paper I...

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Personality Traits, Self-Employment, and Professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2013

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits — the Big Five — on an individual’s decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of selfemployment varies considerably across professions,...

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