Eine der wichtigsten Fragen in der Entrepreneurship-Forschung lautet: Warum sind manche Firmen erfolgreich und andere nicht? Viele Einflussfaktoren wurden diskutiert, eindeutige Aussagen sind aber schwierig, denn die Gründung von Unternehmen ist ein komplexer, individueller und dynamischer...

This paper identifies a new reason for giving preferences to the disadvantaged using a model of contests. There are two forces at work: the effort effect working against giving preferences and the selection effect working for them. When education is costly and easy to obtain (as in the U.S.),...

We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...