Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver; Brixy, Udo - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
We analyze the effect of industry, region and time on new-business survival rates by means of a multi-dimensional approach. The data relate to West German districts in the 1983-2000 period. The survival chances of start-ups tend to be relatively low in industries characterized by a high minimum...