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Globalization And Absolute Poverty - A Panel Data Study
February 9, 2011, 12:00am PST
Using panel data from more than 100 countries around the world from 1988 through 2007, this paper examines the relationship between economic and social globalization and absolute income poverty ex...
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Institutional Entrepreneurship: An Introduction
October 7, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this introductory chapter to a collective volume, the authors build on Baumol's (1990) framework to categorize, catalog, and classify the budding research field that explores the interplay...
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The Interaction Of Entrepreneurship And Institutions
April 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Previous research, notably Baumol (1990), has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurial supply into productive, unproductive or destructive activities. However,...
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Hybrid Entrepreneurship
March 11, 2010, 12:00am PST
In contrast to previous efforts to model the individual's movement from wage work into entrepreneurship, the authors consider that individuals might transition incrementally by retaining their...
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Taxation And The Quality And Quantity Of Entrepreneurship
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
The author studies the effect of taxation on entrepreneurship, taking into account both the amount of entry and the quality of new ventures. They show that even with risk neutral agents and no tax...
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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Entrepreneurship Policy And Globalization
August 21, 2009, 12:00am PDT
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies in the last few decades? The authors study entrepreneurial policy in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of...
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment And Control In An Occupational Choice Framework
March 31, 2009, 12:00am PDT
They authors combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and...
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Entrepreneurship And Public Policy
May 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship without directing attention to quantitative goals and specific firms or...
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Taxation And Entrepreneurship In A Welfare State
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Does tax policy affect the rate of self-employment in a modern welfare state? This question is analyzed empirically based on Swedish data for the entire post-war period. Available tax data...
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The Labor Market Returns To Cognitive And Noncognitive Ability: Evidence From The Swedish Enlistment
March 24, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The authors use data from the military enlistment for a large representative sample of Swedish men to assess the importance of cognitive and non-cognitive ability for labor market out-comes. The...
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Paying To Remove Advertisements
February 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
Media firms sometimes allow consumers to pay to remove advertisements from an advertisement-based product. The authors formally examine an ad-based monopolist's incentives to introduce this...
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The Global Award For Entrepreneurship Research
October 23, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly established as the leading Prize for outstanding research contributions in the...
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Renewal Of Patents And Government Financing
August 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The author applies a survival model to a detailed dataset of Swedish patents to estimate how different factors affect the likelihood of patent renewal. Since the owners know more about the patents...
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The Alert And Creative Entrepreneur: A Clarification
August 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Israel M. Kirzner is the 2006 winner of The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research (the FSF-Nutek Award). In this paper he argues that a number of those who have...
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Entrepreneurship And The Theory Of Taxation
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
A review of the literature on firm taxation reveals that the economics of entrepreneurship has not sufficiently been taken into consideration. The authors discuss how this affects conclusions...
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The Political Economy Of Entrepreneurship
October 17, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The authors outline a politico-economic growth system centered on the entrepreneur. By defining entrepreneurs in relation to economic rents they are able to develop a more general theory...
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Entrepreneurship And Institutions
June 25, 2007, 12:00am PDT
In this paper entrepreneurs are defined as agents who bring about economic change by combining their own effort with other factors of production in search of economic rents. The institutional...
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Globalization And Imperfect Labor Market Sorting
December 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper focuses on the ability of the labor market to correctly match heterogeneous workers to jobs within a given industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched...
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Productive And Destructive Entrepreneurship In A Political Economy Framework
October 17, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Recent research has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurs into activities with positive or negative effects on overall productivity. Embedding central elements from...
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Globalization, Transparency And Economic Growth: The Vulnerability Of Chinese Firms To Macroeconomic Shocks
June 30, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The process of globalization encompasses economic and financial integration. The abolition of capital controls and the dismantling of barriers of different kinds will expose previously sheltered...
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The Organization Of The Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists And Oligopolists
December 19, 2008, 12:00am PST
The authors construct a model where incumbents can either acquire basic innovations from entrepreneurs, or wait and acquire developed innovations from entrepreneurial firms supported by venture...
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Ownership Efficiency And Tax Advantages: The Case Of Private Equity Buyouts
May 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Private equity firms are drivers of the ongoing international restructuring process. Extensive use of leverage gives private equity firms a tax advantage in the market for corporate control. The...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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Exposure-Based Cash-Flow-At-Risk For Value-Creating Risk Management Under Macroeconomic Uncertainty
June 21, 2010, 12:00am PDT
A strategically minded CFO will realize that strategic corporate risk management is about finding the right balance between risk prevention and proactive value generation. Efficient risk and...
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Acquisitions, Entry And Innovation In Network Industries
April 5, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Why do so many high-priced acquisitions of entrepreneurial firms take place in network industries? The authors develop a theory of commercialization (entry or sale) in network industries showing...
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Growth Effects Of Fiscal Policies: A Critical Appraisal Of Colombier~s (2009) Study
February 11, 2011, 12:00am PST
In a recent paper, Colombier (2009) uses a robust estimation technique and claims to find empirical evidence that government size has not been detrimental to growth for OECD countries during the...
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Government Size And Growth: A Survey And Interpretation Of The Evidence
May 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The literature on the relationship between the size of government and economic growth is full of seemingly contradictory findings. This conflict is largely explained by variations in definitions...
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Firm Growth, Institutions And Structural Transformation
April 27, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper argues that the economic contribution of certain firms - be they small, young or rapidly growing - has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some...
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Globalization Of R&D And China - Empirical Observations And Policy Implications
October 29, 2007, 12:00am PDT
As one of the world's largest recipients of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), China is emerging as a key global player in Research and Development (R&D). This rapid increase in R&D investment is...
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Fiscal Illusion And Fiscal Obfuscation: An Empirical Study Of Tax Perception In Sweden
May 26, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors present survey evidence suggesting that there exists a sizeable fiscal illusion amongst the general public in Sweden. Respondents in a nation-wide and representative...
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Is Financial Risk-Taking Behavior Genetically Transmitted?
September 22, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors use a sample of almost 30,000 Swedish mono- and dizygotic twins to study the heritability of financial risk-taking. Following a major pension reform in the year 2000,...
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Colonial Heritage And Economic Development
August 4, 2008, 12:00am PDT
While the importance of institutions for explaining cross-country income differences is widely recognized, comparatively little is known about the origins of economic institutions. One strand of...
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Executive Compensation And Macroeconomic Fluctuations
April 24, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Macroeconomic fluctuations affect corporations' performance through demand and cost conditions. Incentive effects of performance-based compensation schemes for management may be weakened or biased...
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Executive Compensation And Macroeconomic Fluctuations
April 24, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Macroeconomic fluctuations affect corporations' performance through demand and cost conditions. Incentive effects of performance-based compensation schemes for management may be weakened or biased...
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Colonial Heritage And Economic Development
August 4, 2008, 12:00am PDT
While the importance of institutions for explaining cross-country income differences is widely recognized, comparatively little is known about the origins of economic institutions. One strand of...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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White Papers
Is Financial Risk-Taking Behavior Genetically Transmitted?
September 22, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors use a sample of almost 30,000 Swedish mono- and dizygotic twins to study the heritability of financial risk-taking. Following a major pension reform in the year 2000,...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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White Papers
Fiscal Illusion And Fiscal Obfuscation: An Empirical Study Of Tax Perception In Sweden
May 26, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors present survey evidence suggesting that there exists a sizeable fiscal illusion amongst the general public in Sweden. Respondents in a nation-wide and representative...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Globalization Of R&D And China - Empirical Observations And Policy Implications
October 29, 2007, 12:00am PDT
As one of the world's largest recipients of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), China is emerging as a key global player in Research and Development (R&D). This rapid increase in R&D investment is...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Firm Growth, Institutions And Structural Transformation
April 27, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper argues that the economic contribution of certain firms - be they small, young or rapidly growing - has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Government Size And Growth: A Survey And Interpretation Of The Evidence
May 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The literature on the relationship between the size of government and economic growth is full of seemingly contradictory findings. This conflict is largely explained by variations in definitions...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Growth Effects Of Fiscal Policies: A Critical Appraisal Of Colombier~s (2009) Study
February 11, 2011, 12:00am PST
In a recent paper, Colombier (2009) uses a robust estimation technique and claims to find empirical evidence that government size has not been detrimental to growth for OECD countries during the...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Acquisitions, Entry And Innovation In Network Industries
April 5, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Why do so many high-priced acquisitions of entrepreneurial firms take place in network industries? The authors develop a theory of commercialization (entry or sale) in network industries showing...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Exposure-Based Cash-Flow-At-Risk For Value-Creating Risk Management Under Macroeconomic Uncertainty
June 21, 2010, 12:00am PDT
A strategically minded CFO will realize that strategic corporate risk management is about finding the right balance between risk prevention and proactive value generation. Efficient risk and...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Ownership Efficiency And Tax Advantages: The Case Of Private Equity Buyouts
May 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Private equity firms are drivers of the ongoing international restructuring process. Extensive use of leverage gives private equity firms a tax advantage in the market for corporate control. The...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
The Organization Of The Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists And Oligopolists
December 19, 2008, 12:00am PST
The authors construct a model where incumbents can either acquire basic innovations from entrepreneurs, or wait and acquire developed innovations from entrepreneurial firms supported by venture...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Globalization, Transparency And Economic Growth: The Vulnerability Of Chinese Firms To Macroeconomic Shocks
June 30, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The process of globalization encompasses economic and financial integration. The abolition of capital controls and the dismantling of barriers of different kinds will expose previously sheltered...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Productive And Destructive Entrepreneurship In A Political Economy Framework
October 17, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Recent research has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurs into activities with positive or negative effects on overall productivity. Embedding central elements from...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Globalization And Imperfect Labor Market Sorting
December 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper focuses on the ability of the labor market to correctly match heterogeneous workers to jobs within a given industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurship And Institutions
June 25, 2007, 12:00am PDT
In this paper entrepreneurs are defined as agents who bring about economic change by combining their own effort with other factors of production in search of economic rents. The institutional...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
The Political Economy Of Entrepreneurship
October 17, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The authors outline a politico-economic growth system centered on the entrepreneur. By defining entrepreneurs in relation to economic rents they are able to develop a more general theory...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurship And The Theory Of Taxation
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
A review of the literature on firm taxation reveals that the economics of entrepreneurship has not sufficiently been taken into consideration. The authors discuss how this affects conclusions...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
The Alert And Creative Entrepreneur: A Clarification
August 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Israel M. Kirzner is the 2006 winner of The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research (the FSF-Nutek Award). In this paper he argues that a number of those who have...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Renewal Of Patents And Government Financing
August 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The author applies a survival model to a detailed dataset of Swedish patents to estimate how different factors affect the likelihood of patent renewal. Since the owners know more about the patents...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
The Global Award For Entrepreneurship Research
October 23, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly established as the leading Prize for outstanding research contributions in the...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Paying To Remove Advertisements
February 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
Media firms sometimes allow consumers to pay to remove advertisements from an advertisement-based product. The authors formally examine an ad-based monopolist's incentives to introduce this...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
The Labor Market Returns To Cognitive And Noncognitive Ability: Evidence From The Swedish Enlistment
March 24, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The authors use data from the military enlistment for a large representative sample of Swedish men to assess the importance of cognitive and non-cognitive ability for labor market out-comes. The...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Taxation And Entrepreneurship In A Welfare State
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Does tax policy affect the rate of self-employment in a modern welfare state? This question is analyzed empirically based on Swedish data for the entire post-war period. Available tax data...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurship And Public Policy
May 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship without directing attention to quantitative goals and specific firms or...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment And Control In An Occupational Choice Framework
March 31, 2009, 12:00am PDT
They authors combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurial Innovations, Entrepreneurship Policy And Globalization
August 21, 2009, 12:00am PDT
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies in the last few decades? The authors study entrepreneurial policy in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Taxation And The Quality And Quantity Of Entrepreneurship
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
The author studies the effect of taxation on entrepreneurship, taking into account both the amount of entry and the quality of new ventures. They show that even with risk neutral agents and no tax...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Hybrid Entrepreneurship
March 11, 2010, 12:00am PST
In contrast to previous efforts to model the individual's movement from wage work into entrepreneurship, the authors consider that individuals might transition incrementally by retaining their...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
The Interaction Of Entrepreneurship And Institutions
April 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Previous research, notably Baumol (1990), has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurial supply into productive, unproductive or destructive activities. However,...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Institutional Entrepreneurship: An Introduction
October 7, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this introductory chapter to a collective volume, the authors build on Baumol's (1990) framework to categorize, catalog, and classify the budding research field that explores the interplay...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
-
White Papers
Globalization And Absolute Poverty - A Panel Data Study
February 9, 2011, 12:00am PST
Using panel data from more than 100 countries around the world from 1988 through 2007, this paper examines the relationship between economic and social globalization and absolute income poverty ex...
Provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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