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The main objective of the thesis is to contribute to the field of entrepreneurship in the areas of new firm formation … entrepreneurship is a source of regional economic development. New firms have a long term employment effects and new firms serve as a … conduit for knowledge spillovers. Third, the entrepreneurial environment may influence the individual decision to start a …
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Universities, often situated at the center of innovative clusters, are believed to be important drivers of local economic growth. This paper identifies the extent to which U.S. universities stimulate nearby economic activity using the interaction of a national shock to the spread of innovation...
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New entrepreneurial ventures may represent a viable and effective mechanism to transform academic knowledge into …
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The question whether international openness causes higher domestic growth has been subject to intense discussions in the empirical growth literature. This paper addresses this issue using the fall of the Berlin wall in 1990 as a natural experiment. We analyze whether the slow-down in convergence...
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