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 … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship … regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship. …

culture of entrepreneurship is positively related not only to the level of new business formation but also the amount of …

we present is regional entrepreneurship in West Germany in the 1984-2005 period, a time that was characterized by … compare regional entrepreneurship in West Germany between the years 1925 and 2005. This period was has been characterized by …Studies for established market economies such as West Germany (Fritsch and Mueller, 2007), and Sweden (Andersson and …

Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A … regional culture and a supporting environment in favor of entrepreneurship that particularly involves social capital. This … chapter summarizes the available empirical evidence on the regional persistence of entrepreneurship and elaborates in detail …

and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an … important role in explaining persistence of entrepreneurship. We discuss possible explanations for the emergence of a culture of … entrepreneurship, and how it becomes self-perpetuating over time. Finally, we draw policy implications and identify some promising …

('plungers'). Germany is a particularly interesting case due to the turbulent history of the country over the 20th century that …

suggests that entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development, and one that has long-run effects. …

We investigate persistence and change of the levels of regional new business formation in West Germany over a period of …, persistence in regional determinants of new business formation, distinct regional cultures of entrepreneurship, and path …

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 … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …