Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part due to a habit that might …, attitude towards risk, and the share of persons in the region who failed in the past, while it is positively related to …

are lacking in Germany, we know from empirical studies that entry rates differ between regions, and that the propensity to … region matters for the decision to start a new business ceteris paribus, i.e. after controlling for sex, age, education etc … the region does not matter. The consequences of these findings for regional policies to encourage new firm entry are …

entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition … Innovationsaktivitäten und von Entrepreneurship stellen geeignete Ansatzpunkte für eine Politik dar, die auf eine Steigerung der …

formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis … sector. Changes in demand are conducive to new firm formation while a high level of unemployment in a region obviously …

entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition …

individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or her age and, therefore, that a change in a region's age … distribution affects the expected number of startups in the region. Using German regional data, we estimate a count-data model and …

individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or her age and, therefore, that a change in a region's age … distribution affects the expected number of startups in the region. Using German regional data, we estimate a count-data model and …

and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …

general as well as in technology- and knowledge-intensive subsectors. We compare Germany and Portugal which exhibit, though EU … member states, different institutional infrastructures for entrepreneurship. Based on a harmonized dataset, our results … results for Germany reveal exactly the opposite effect. These results suggest that both specialization and diversity theories …