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Corporate income taxes and entrepreneurship
Block, Jörn - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Corporate income taxation influences the quantity and type of entrepreneurship, which in turn affects economic development. Empirical evidence shows that higher corporate income tax rates reduce business density and entrepreneurship entry rates and increase the capital size of new firms. The...
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Work Experience from Paid Employment and the Path to Entrepreneurship: Business Takeover versus New Venture Start-Up
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank; Robert, Frank; … - 2016
Our paper investigates how the type of work experience gained from prior paid employment influences the path to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494321
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Mode of Entry into Hybrid Entrepreneurship: New Venture Start-Up versus Business Takeover
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank; Robert, Frank; … - 2017
Many entrepreneurs start their ventures while retaining jobs in wage employment; this phenomenon is called hybrid …
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How Does Firm Survival Differ between Business Takeovers and New Venture Start-ups?
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank; Robert, Frank; … - 2017
survival probability differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups? And how do the determinants of survival … chance than new venture start-ups. Yet, the differences between two entry modes partially disappear when controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011787005
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Corporate income taxes and entrepreneurship
Block, Jörn - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)
Corporate income taxation influences the quantity and type of entrepreneurship, which in turn affects economic development. Empirical evidence shows that higher corporate income tax rates reduce business density and entrepreneurship entry rates and increase the capital size of new firms. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266234
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German financial state aid during COVID-19 pandemic: Higher impact among digitalized self-employed
Bertschek, Irene; Block, Jörn; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2022
In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412966
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German financial state aid during COVID-19 pandemic: Higher impact among digitalized self-employed
Bertschek, Irene; Block, Jörn; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2022
In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414467
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German Financial State Aid during COVID-19 Pandemic: Higher Impact among Digitalized Self-Employed
Bertschek, Irene; Block, Jörn; Kritikos, Alexander S.; … - 2022
In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426457
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The Schumpeterian entrepreneur : a review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behavior, and consequences of innovative entrepreneurship
Block, Jörn; Fisch, Christian; Praag, Mirjam van - 2016
Innovative entrepreneurship is considered an important pillar for economic development and has sparked a lively discussion in academia and practice alike. Oftentimes, however, the debate is not sufficiently grounded on solid empirical evidence. The academic literature is growing but very...
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Determinanten des Erfolgs staatlich geförderter Existenzgründungen : eine empirische Untersuchung
Sandner, Philipp; Block, Jörn; Lutz, Andreas - 2007
Ein Großteil der Neugründungen in Deutschland ist auf staatliche Förderung von Existenzgründern zurückzuführen. Dieser …A large number of new ventures in Germany are undertaken due to government aid. With the introduction of the "Ich … about the success and the determinants of success of these types of start-ups. With this study, we aim to close this gap. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442174