firm to do more things within the firm. In addition, it is ex¬pected that there is a relationship between entry rate and …

entrepreneurship and new firm formation are critical factors in determining economic growth and development. New firm entry into the … increasing competition, which lowers prices and expands output. It is also well documented that barriers to entry reduce the … constitutes a barrier to entry that has been neglected in the previous literature. We use data from the World Bank to measure the …

This paper investigates the dynamics of firm entry and exit with a focus on differences between industrial sectors. The … paper discusses how entry and exit rates in industrial sectors are affected by previous exit and entry rates. Economic … theory presents two different approaches to how entry and exit of firms are interrelated to each other, the multiplier effect …

regional determinants of entry and exit considering these findings. The empirical analysis is performed using data on Swedish … firm entry and exit rates for 1997-2001. It is shown that on average about 0.5 to 2.7 percent of the regional variation in … entry and exit rates remains to be explained, after controlling for differences in industrial structure, but that there is …

. Entrepreneurial entry serves to transform and revitalize industries, thereby enhancing their competiveness. This paper investigates if … entry of new firms influences productivity amongst incumbent firms, and the extent to which altered productivity can be … varies over time, what we refer to as a delayed entry effect. An immediate negative influence on productivity is followed by …

This paper develops a framework to appreciate the observed heterogeneity of firm size distributions and the entry and … pattern (varieties and markets) of existing firms in combination with entry/exit of firms. The empirical results are …

significant impact on both entry of new firms and on firm exit. For the primary sector and the manufacturing sector this impact is … there is a strong negative impact on firm entry in all sectors. This is in line with what one could expect as there are …