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Property Rights and Economic Growth
Rosenberg, Nathan - Ratioinstitutet - 2003
My main purpose is to connect the issue of property rights to the set of questions concerning economic growth and the long-term determinants of the improvements in material well-being. To anticipate what will be my main conclusion, it is that property rights and economic growth are not...
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The Relation between Economic Development and Business Ownership revisited
Carree, Martin; Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
This paper revisits the two-equation model of Carree, van Stel, Thurik and Wennekers (2002) where deviations from the ‘equilibrium’ rate of business ownership play a central role determining both the growth of business ownership and that of economic development. Two extensions of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256128
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Business Ownership and Economic Growth in 23 OECD Countries
Carree, Martin; Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000
In the present paper we address the relationship between the extentof business ownership (self-employment) and economic development. We will focusupon three issues. First, how is the equilibrium rate of business ownershiprelated to the stage of economic development? Second, what is the speed...
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Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty
Audretsch, D.B.; Carree, M.A.; Stel, A.J. van; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000
This paper documents that a process of industrial restructuring has been transforming the developed economies, where large corporations are accounting for less economic activity and small firms are accounting for a greatershare of economic activity. Not all countries, however, are experiencing...
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Effects of Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth in Turkey: An Empirical Analysis
Gerçeker, Mustafa; Özel, Bilal; Ay, Ahmet - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014
The entrepreneurship seems to be an important source for economic growth. For this reason, the emphasis on … entrepreneurship with the importance for economic growth is increasing day by day. This study investigates the existence of the … relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth by using control variables including employment and savings. For this …
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Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Stam, Erik; Stel, Andre van - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
In this paper, we empirically investigate the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth at the country level. We … use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which provides comparative data on entrepreneurship from a wide range … effects of entrepreneurship in general and growth-oriented entrepreneurship in particular. We present empirical tests of the …
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A Spatially-related Note on Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Klarl, Torben - Institut für Volkswirschaftlehre, Fakultät für … - 2011
A large and still growing body of literature suggests that entrepreneurship is of exceptional importance in explaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009142466
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: An Investigation into the Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Total Factor Productivity Growth in the EU
Dabkowski, Andrzej P. - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2011
Endogenous growth theory assigns an important role for entrepreneurship in the process of economic development. This … paper sets to formally test the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth. Entrepreneurship is represented by a number … entrepreneurship contributes to growth moderately. It is not, nonetheless, a dominant force shaping changes in TFP growth rates …
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The work of giants : rebuilding Cambodia
Wenk, Brian; Rain, Nick - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2001
Focuses on the building of roads and infrastructure in the region of Angkor.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690111
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Restructuring for corporate success : a socially sensitive approach
Rogovsky, Nikolai; Ozoux, Patrick; Esser, Daniel; … - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2005
Examines how enterprises can restructure in the spirit of social partnership with maximum economic benefits and minimum costs for the workers, communities and society at large.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690160