Fritsch, Michael; Brixy, Udo; Falck, Oliver - In: Review of Industrial Organization 28 (2006) 3, pp. 285-306
We analyze the effect of industry, region, and time on new business survival rates by means of a multi-dimensional approach. The data relate to West German districts in the 1983–2000 period. The survival chances of start-ups tend to be relatively low in industries characterized by a high...