The differences in the rate of self-employmentduring the period 1978 to 2000 across 15 European countries is explained, focusing on the influence of dissatisfaction and per capita income as determinants of aggregate self-employment.Measures of aggregated dissatisfaction are used in combination...

Intellectual property protection mechanisms (IPPMs) are critical to fostering innovation and their relevance has grown enormously with the increased trade in goods and services involving intellectual property. Scholars have investigated what factors facilitate or hinder the use of such IP...