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Evolution and the Growth Process:Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits
Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
economic development and the dynamics of inequality withinand across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved non-monotonicallyin the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growthpromoting traits … process of economic development. Inmature stages of development, however, risk-averse traits gained an evolutionary advantage …
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Importing technology
Caselli, Francesco; Wilson, Daniel J. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003
We look at disaggregated imports of various types of equipment to make inferences oncross-country differences in the composition of equipment investment. We make threecontributions. First, we document strikingly large differences in investment composition.Second, we explain the differences as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305082
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How Child Costs and Survival Shaped the IndustrialRevolution and the Demographic Transition:A Theoretical Inquiry
Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2010
This study provides a unied growth theory to correctly predictthe initially negative and subsequently positive relationship between child mortalityand net reproduction observed in industrialized countries over the courseof their demographic transitions. The model captures the intricate...
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The History Augmented Solow model
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Strulik, Holger - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2010
comparative development, as itmarks the onset of the take-o to sustained growth. Neoclassical growth theorypresupposes a take …-o, and explains comparative development by variationsin (subsequent) investment rates... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302601
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The Process of Creative Construction:Knowledge Spillovers,Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Agarwal, Rajshree; Audretsch, David; Sarkar, MB - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008
Questioning the underlying assumptions of the process of creative destruction, weconceptualize an alternative process of creative construction that may characterizethe dynamics between entrants and incumbents. We discuss the underlyingmechanism of knowledge spillover strategic entrepreneurship...
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High Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies and Economic Growth
Stam, Erik; Suddle, Kashifa; Hessels, Jolanda; Stel, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864588
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Post-Materialism Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activity Across Nations
Uhlaner, Lorraine M.; Thurik, Roy - 2005
The study of predictors of entrepreneurial activity at the country level has been dominated by economic influences. However, the relative stability of differences in entrepreneurial activity across countries suggests that other forces such as institutional and/or cultural factors are at play....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864996
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Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownershiop across 22 OECD Countries, 1976-2000
Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, Roy; Stel, Adriaan J. van; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005
Persistent differences in the level of business ownership across economically developed nations have attracted the attentiion of scientific as well as political debate. Cultural rather than economic influences are assumed to play a decisive role. This paper deals with the influence of cutlural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865013
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The role of Dissatisfaction and Per Capita Income in Explaining Self-Employment across 15 European Countries
Wennekers, Sander; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Noorderhaven, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
development and controlling for several other variables, we find that, in addition to a negative and significant impact of per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865255
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Post-Materialism: A Cultural Factor Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activ-ity Across Nations
Uhlaner, Lorraine M.; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
The study of predictors of entrepreneurial activity at the country level has been dominated by economic influences. However, the relative stability of differences in entrepreneurial activity across countries suggests that other forces such as institutional and/or cultural factors are at play....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865259