We study the origins of entrepreneurship (culture) in the United States. For the analysis we make use of a quasi … entrepreneurial personality traits. Due to a genetic founder effect and the formation of an entrepreneurship culture, we expect gold … rush counties to have higher entrepreneurship rates. The analysis shows that gold rush counties indeed have higher …

spot in entrepreneurship scholarship. As a first step to closing this gap, we offer a well-identified synthetic control … way for systematic scholarship on "war and entrepreneurship," our study proposes a conceptual framework integrating …

thinking about the economy in general and the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in particular, not only shape how … innovation and entrepreneurial activity are valued, but also the overall policy debate concerning innovation and entrepreneurship …

This paper shows how and why the Solow growth accounting framework is useful for linking entrepreneurship capital to … knowledge investments on economic growth. By serving as a conduit for knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship is the missing link … between investments in new knowledge and economic growth. Entrepreneurship is an important mechanism permeating the knowledge …

, 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 behavior. …