We study the effect of taxation on entrepreneurship, taking into account both the amount of entry and the quality of new ventures. We show that even with risk neutral agents and no tax evasion progressive taxes can increase entrepreneurial entry, while reducing average firm quality. So called...

Cultural capital is assumed to benefit all members of society. It is accumulated through the consumption of cultural services and is diminished through depreciation. Using the stock of cultural goods, cultural services are provided by the cultural services industry; the stock of cultural goods...

Die Soziologie ist es in der Tradition Max Webers gewohnt, im Kapitalismus ein religiös "mitbedingtes" gesellschaftliches System zu erblicken. Im Gegensatz dazu wird hier, einer Idee Walter Benjamins folgend, der Versuch unternommen, ihn als eine "essentiell religiöse Erfahrung" zu...