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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Roy; van Stel, André; … - 2007
-equation vector autoregression model capable of reconciling these ambiguities and tests it for data of 23 OECD countries over the …
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Determinants of entrepreneurial engagement levels in Europe and the US
Grilo, Isabel; Thurik, Roy - 2008
to differ across the various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer …
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The Determinants of New-firm Survival across Regional Economies
Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine; Zhang, Ting - 2006
across the various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer surveys (2002 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318828
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On tax evasion, entrepreneurial generosity and fungible assets
Bittschi, Benjamin; Borgloh, Sarah; Moessinger, Marc-Daniel - 2016
We estimate the effects of income from various sources on charitable giving using administrative German income tax data … remaining income sources. 2) An entrepreneurship researcher would conclude that business owners are more generous than employees …
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The productivity effects of worker replacement in young firms
Murmann, Martin - 2017
Existing management research has so far dealt with the consequences of labor turnover for established firms, but has not addressed its effect on young entrepreneurial businesses. In this paper I assess, both theoretically and empirically, the productivity effects of worker replacement in young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606997
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The growth and human capital structure of new firms over the business cycle
Brixy, Udo; Murmann, Martin - 2016
employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We … complement prior research that is mostly based on aggregate data by analyzing cyclical effects at the firm level. Using new … linked employer-employee data on German start-ups we show that under constant human capital of the firms' founders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011567399
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Incumbents' responses to innovative entrants : a multi-country dynamic analysis
Diekhof, Josefine; Cantner, Uwe - 2017
The influence of innovative entrants on incumbents is considered important for technological change. We analyze this influence for the global transition towards alternative technology vehicles (ATVs). Our results indicate that entrants' ATV-related knowledge accumulation stimulates average...
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If you don’t succeed, should you try again? : the role of entrepreneurial experience in venture survival
Gottschalk, Sandra; Greene, Francis J.; Höwer, Daniel; … - 2014
survival. Drawing on entrepreneurial learning theories, we use panel data on 8,400 new ventures to investigate the impact of … avoiding bankruptcy. Conclusions for entrepreneurship scholars, entrepreneurs and stakeholders are discussed. …
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Employment growth in newly established firms : is there evidence for academic entrepreneur's human capital depreciation?
Müller, Kathrin - 2009
entrepreneurship …
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Returns to private equity : idiosyncratic risk does matter!
Müller, Elisabeth - 2009
Owners of private companies often invest a substantial share of their net worth in one company, which exposes them to idiosyncratic risk. For US companies we investigate whether owners require compensation for lack of diversification in the form of higher returns to equity. Exposure to...
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