business. We study whether this reform affects the composition of people who are drawn into entrepreneurship. New firms started …

entrepreneurship into state economic development and incubate entrepreneurial companies. Regional entrepreneurship policy is a new … strategy that regards economic development as a process that goes from supporting research and development to creating and … with the needs and expertise of private industry to accelerate entrepreneurship and economic growth. …

We study how a mortgage reform that exogenously increased access to credit had an impact on entrepreneurship, using … point increase in entrepreneurship, equivalent to a 4% increase in the number of entrepreneurs. New entrants were more … benefit from the reform. Our results provide evidence that credit constraints do affect entrepreneurship, but that the overall …

entrepreneurship, depending on entrepreneurial ability. The effect of market size on the equilibrium share of entrepreneurs crucially … entrepreneurship, can increase or decrease with market size. The properties of the underlying ability distribution largely determine …

sector. However, these results are sensitive to the level of development. …

While considerable concern has emerged about the impact of religion on economic development, little is actually known …, are found to be conducive to entrepreneurship, while others, such as Hinduism, inhibit entrepreneurship. In addition, the … tradition of the caste system influence entrepreneurship, suggesting a link between religion and economic behaviour. …

entrepreneurship so that only women with well above average entrepreneurial skills find it attractive to self-select into … entrepreneurship. This finding can rationalize three facts: a) fewer women than men are entrepreneurs; b) the proportion of women among … entrepreneurs tends to be higher in countries with higher women emancipation; c) women who break the barrier into entrepreneurship …

entrepreneurship as a mechanism that reduces the knowledge filter. A cross-country regression analysis over the period 1981 … entrepreneurship may be an important new approach to promoting economic growth. …

where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …