We use a sample of 18 countries to study what variables have a significant impact on an indi-vidual’s decision to start a new business and classification and regression trees for an accurate interpretation of the data. Our results support existing literature suggesting the existence of strong...

The 2003 USA Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report indicates that entrepreneurship thrives at very high levels, moving ahead of the general economic recovery of the country. The entrepreneurial activity has increased from 10.5% in 2002 to 11.9% in 2003. Also, the United States has the...