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Who Starts with Open Source? Institutional Choice of Start-Ups in the German ICT Sector
Fritsch, Michael; Engelhardt, Sebastian von - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We analyze the characteristics of new businesses in the German ICT industry, distinguishing them based on their choice between two IPR regimes: open source software (OSS) or closed source software (CSS). The share of new firms with an OSS-based business model has increased considerably over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511326
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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid-1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764861
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Cross-country determinants of life satisfaction: exploring different determinants across groups in society
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
This paper explores a wide range of cross-country determinants of life satisfaction exploiting a database of 90,000 observations in 70 countries. We distinguish four groups of aggregate variables as potential determinants of satisfaction: political, economic, institutional, and human development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071346
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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884466
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Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic … performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and … inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596419
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Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction:Exploring Different Determinants across Groups inSociety
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2006
This paper explores a wide range of cross-country determinants of life satisfaction exploiting adatabase of 90,000 observations in 70 countries. We distinguish four groups of aggregate variablesas potential determinants of satisfaction: political, economic, institutional, and human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005796068
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Power to the People? The Impact of Decentralization on Governance
Dreher, Axel - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2006
The paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on governance employing four indicators of governance and five measures of decentralization. Depending on data availability, crosssections for a maximum of 129 countries are estimated. Results for a panel of about 70 countries over the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227332
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Do Differences in Institutional and Legal Environments Explain Cross-Country Variations in IPO Underpricing?
Dreher, Axel; Hopp, Christian - CESifo - 2007
We empirically analyze the determinants of Initial Public Offering (IPO) underpricing using panel data for 29 countries over the period 1988-2005. Our hypotheses stress the importance of institutional and legal factors in explaining cross-country variations. We find that increased protection of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196246
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Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence.
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2008
A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic … performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited. In this paper …, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association. Our findings suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649319
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Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants across Groups in Society
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2006
This paper explores a wide range of cross-country determinants of life satisfaction exploiting a database of 90,000 observations in 70 countries. We distinguish four groups of aggregate variables as potential determinants of satisfaction: political, economic, institutional, and human development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731464