This paper analyzes empirically the determinants of new born firms' initial size. As survival prospects of young firms tend to be linked to a firm's start-up size, a better understanding of the factors influencing start-up size is crucial. Most of the rare literature on initial firm size focuses...

What is the impact of firm entry regulation on sustained entry into self-employment? How does firm entry regulation influence the performance of long-living entrants? In this paper, I address these questions by exploiting a natural experiment in firm entry regulation. After German reunification,...

This paper analyzes empirically the determinants of new born firms' initial size. As survival prospects of young firms tend to be linked to a firm's start-up size, a better understanding of the factors influencing start-up size is crucial. Most of the rare literature on initial firm size focuses...

Ein wirtschaftliches Engagement des Staates bedarf in einer Marktwirtschaft immer einer besonderen Begründung und sollte nur in engen notwendigen Grenzen stattfinden. Deshalb sind in den letzten Jahrzehnten zahlreiche Unternehmen des Bundes privatisiert worden. Auf kommunaler Ebene hat die...