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We study entrepreneurs’ behavioral responses of effort (moral hazard) to avoid business failure.This is done in the context of an unemployment insurance scheme for self-employed, wherewe estimate how much of the transition probability to unemployment can be causally attributedto being insured....
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the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are discussed. …
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: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm …'s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than …
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The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship predicts that entrepreneurial activity is greater in regions with …
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function of firm attributes and regional entrepreneurship activity.Findings – The analysis finds support for positive … productivity effects of entrepreneurship on incumbent firms, albeit the effect varies over time, what the authors refer to as a … regional entrepreneurship, as compared to the productivity of manufacturing firms.Originality/value – The paper employs a firm …
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Using state-level data on productive and unproductive entrepreneurship, shadow economy size, and public official … (higher) levels of informal economic activity. Additionally, I aim to connect entrepreneurship, shadow economy size, and …
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We study a regional economy with a large number of entrepreneurs who own firms and who want to go public. Specifically, our analysis focuses on the contractual interaction between a representative risk averse entrepreneur who owns a firm and a risk neutral monopolistic investment bank that...
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We study a regional economy with a large number of entrepreneurs who own firms and who want to go public. Specifically, our analysis focuses on the contractual interaction between a representative risk averse entrepreneur who owns a firm and a risk neutral monopolistic investment bank that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141160
for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. -- Entrepreneurship ; ability ; occupational choice ; human capital …
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for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. -- Entrepreneurship ; Ability ; Occupational Choice ; Human Capital …
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