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Unraveling the Shift to the Entrepreneurial Economy
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2011
economy. In particular, the empirical evidence provides consistent support that (1) the role of entrepreneurship has … may be that the current approach to entrepreneurship policy is misguided. The priority should not be on entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192096
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Unraveling the Shift to the Entrepreneurial Economy
Audretsch, D.B.; Thurik, A.R. - 2010
economy. In particular, the empirical evidence provides consistent support that (1) the role of entrepreneurship has … may be that the current approach to entrepreneurship policy is misguided. The priority should not be on entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326000
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The Relation between Economic Development and Business Ownership revisited
Carree, Martin; van Stel, André; Thurik, Roy; … - 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/10010325146
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Is More Entrepreneurship better?
Koellinger, Philipp; Roessler, Christian - 2009
We develop a new perspective on the boundary of the firm that is consistent with the empirical observation that the share of entrepreneurs first decreases and then increases in the course of economic development. Existing theory based on transaction costs is difficult to relate to these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325799
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A Theory of Policy Reversal
Dur, Robert A.J.; Swank, Otto H. - 1997
After decades of government growth, Western countries have witnessed major policy reversals. Prominent examples include the far-reaching policy reversals implemented by Thatcher, Reagan, and Douglas. This paper offers an explanation for these policy reversals. Our key argument rests on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324722
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The Causal Links between Aid and Government Expenditures
Marc, Lukasz - 2014
The most recent literature on aid effectiveness finds a positive effect of aid on growth. To the extent that aid goes through the budget, this either reflects an aid-financed increase in government expenditures (quantity effect) or an improvement in the use of government resources as a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149694
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Business Ownership and Unemployment in Japan
van Acht, Joost; Stam, Joop; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid - 2004
unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325346
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Total Factor Productivity and the Role of Entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - 2009
models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that – when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325764
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Is More Entrepreneurship Better?
Koellinger, Philipp; Roessler, Christian - 2009
We develop a new perspective on the boundary of the firm that is consistent with the empirical observation that the share of entrepreneurs first decreases and then increases in the course of economic development. Existing theory based on transaction costs is difficult to relate to these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200729
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Total Factor Productivity and the Role of Entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - 2009
models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that - when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208199