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Parenting with style: Altruism and paternalism in intergenerational preference transmission
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2012
why different groups or societies develop different attitudes towards human capital formation, entrepreneurship, and … innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316863
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Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2013
where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319500
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Parenting with style: Altruism and paternalism in intergenerational preference transmission
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2012
why different groups or societies develop different attitudes towards human capital formation, entrepreneurship, and … innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291395
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Culture, entrepreneurship, and growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2013
where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757305
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To be or not to be: the entrepreneur in endogenous growth theory
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2021
. The results show that the literature leans towards Schumpeter (1942); innovation returns are modeled as following an ex … ante known probability distribution. By assuming that the outcomes of innovation activities are (probabilistically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498110
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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers
Block, Jörn - 2013
entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation … entrepreneurship in the process of the commercialization of knowledge. We discuss the implications for entrepreneurship and innovation …The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095638
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Regulating Self-Interest under Globalization : Balancing Market Power with Institutions
Mayer-Foulkes, David - 2013
I construct a two-country multisectoral model of capital accumulation, endogenous technological change, trade, and foreign direct investment, whose steady states explain the main features of globalization: (a) increased economic participation of transnational corporation (TNC) profits, (b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089923
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Collective values, behavioural norms, and rules: Building institutions for economic growth and poverty reduction
Chu, Ke-young - 2001
Economic growth and poverty reduction require for a country to establish efficient rules for economic and political transactions. Poor countries suffer from inadequate, inefficient transaction rules. Formal rules (e.g., laws, policies) must be nested in hospitable behavioural norms and values....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279006
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Vote-Buying and Growth
Gersbach, Hans; Mühe, Felix - 2008
Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753158
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Vote-buying and growth
Gersbach, Hans; Mühe, Felix - 2008
Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762209