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We study the effect of spatial inequality on economic activity. Given that the relationship is highly simultaneous in nature, we use exogenous variation in geographic features to construct an instrument for spatial inequality, which is independent from any man-made factors. Inequality measures...
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measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …
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these questions and explains the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn …How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries …
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Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of … post-conflict states. In this paper they critically evaluate this view. They argue that entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous … quality in post-conflict states but not necessarily always for the good. Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship may …
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fact that China has succeeded therefore should lead us to question our textbook doctrines of development. Much of this …
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ensuring price and financial stability. [Bharti Annual Lecture at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India …
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determination succeed in contributing to societal development are narrated. [Address at the Launching of the Post-Centenary Golden …
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the historical determinants of institutions with the sizeable direct impact of geographic endowments on development …. -- growth ; institutions ; geography ; comparative development ; colonialism …
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I argue that whether or not a state is predatory hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution of … political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo and this …
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