Germany, West TV was exogenously available only in some regions of the latter. Using regional and individual data, we show … that, after the Reunification, entrepreneurship is higher among the residents of East German regions with West TV signal …

compatible with the free-market economy principles and supportive of entrepreneurship. We show that during the 40 years of … socialistic regime in East Germany entrepreneurship was highly regulated and virtually impossible and that the prevalent formal … and informal institutions broke the traditional ties linking entrepreneurship to the characteristics of individuals so …

conducive to entrepreneurship and the notion that self-reliance, self-determination and proactive behavior are desirable from … individual and social point of view. We use both regional-level as well as geo-referenced individual level data and show that the … entrepreneurship incidence is higher among the residents of regions that had TV signal than in regions without TV, indicating a first …

compatible with the free-market economy principles and supportive of entrepreneurship. We show that during the 40 years of … socialistic regime in East Germany entrepreneurship was highly regulated and virtually impossible and that the prevalent formal … and informal institutions broke the traditional ties linking entrepreneurship to the characteristics of individuals so …

Germany, West TV was exogenously available only in some regions of the latter. Using regional and individual data, we show … that, after the Reunification, entrepreneurship is higher among the residents of East German regions with West TV signal …

conducive to entrepreneurship and the notion that self-reliance, self-determination and proactive behavior are desirable from … individual and social point of view. We use both regional-level as well as geo-referenced individual level data and show that the … entrepreneurship incidence is higher among the residents of regions that had TV signal than in regions without TV, indicating a first …