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The shadows of the past : how implicit institutions influence entrepreneurship
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; … - 2009
influence on risk attitudes and opportunity recognition. We conduct a natural experiment based on Germany’s recent history and … compare individuals born and raised in the former socialist East Germany (GDR) with their West Germany (FRG) counterparts. Our … analysis confirms the expected difference in values between individuals from East and West Germany and also shows that these …
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Self-employment after socialism : intergenerational links, entrepreneurial values, and human capital
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2012
post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the socialist regime significantly damaged this mechanism of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009544391
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Self-employment after socialism : intergenerational links, entrepreneurial values, and human capital
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2012
post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the socialist regime significantly damaged this mechanism of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009566561
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Self-Employment as career choice : an empirical study on personal and environmental sources of entrepreneurial development
Sorgner, Alina - 2013
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Entrepreneurship across Regions from a Long-Term Perspective
Wyrwich, Michael - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009672639
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Self-Employment after Socialism : Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurial Values, and Human Capital
Fritsch, Michael - 2012
post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the socialist regime significantly damaged this mechanism of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104020
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"Institutions and entrepreneurship"
Gold, Robert - 2012
obstacle to entrepreneurship in East Germany. The thesis shows that these differences in the implicit institutions result from … the Internet significantly decreased voter turnout in Germany. However, it is rather the established parties that could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627663
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Schumpeterian entrepreneurship in Europe compared to other industrialized regions
Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2017
We examine whether Europe has an "entrepreneurship deficit" compared to other industrialized regions. Cross-country comparisons are difficult due to the lack of standard empirical definitions of entrepreneurship. Measures focusing on small business activity and startup rates suggest that Europe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657487
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Born entrepreneur? : adolescents’ personality characteristics and self-employment in adulthood
Viinikainen, Jutta; Heineck, Guido; Böckerman, Petri; … - 2016
Is there an entrepreneurial personality and does it appear early in life? We provide a new answer on this question by using the so-called Type A behavior traits (Aggression, Leadership, Responsibility, and Eagerness-Energy), measured in childhood and adolescence, and examining their relationship...
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The emergence of new entrepreneurs in Europe
Congregado, Emilio; Millán Morera de la Vall, José María - In: International economics : a journal published by CEPII … 138 (2014), pp. 28-48
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