Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test whether entrepreneurship is a significant factor in explaining economic growth at the state level. Design/methodology/approach – This paper, unlike previous work, uses the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity (KIEA) as the measure of...

Do national differences in cognitive skills (CS) predict a nation’s likelihood of generating high-quality entrepreneurs who create and expand high-value businesses? We answer this question by estimating cross-country regressions that use the Acs and Szerb Global Entrepreneurship Development...

National measures of cognitive skill, including IQ tests, have received attention recently as a possible driver of cross-country productivity differences. In a parallel literature, national measures of entrepreneurial activity and pro-entrepreneurship policies have received similar attention....