Empirical Analysis of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
The importance of entrepreneurship for achieving economic growth in contemporary economies is widely recognized, both by policy makers and economists. However, empirical evidence linking entrepreneurship to economic growth is scarce. Empirical Analysis of
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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP Series Editors: Zoltan J. Acs University of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland USA David B. Audretsch Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems Jena, Germany
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Empirical Analysis of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Andre van Stel Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany, and EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword
vii
1.
Introduction
1
2.
Economic Development and Business Ownership
11
3.
Business Ownership and Sectoral Growth
39
4.
Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty
71
5.
Knowledge Spillovers and Economic Growth
85
6.
The Link between Firm Births and Job Creation
7.
Total Entrepreneurial Activity Rates and Economic Growth 145
8.
Business Dynamics and Employment Growth
161
9.
COMPENDIA: Harmonizing Business Ownership Data
179
113
10. Overview and Conclusions
205
References
215
Index
229
Employment in OECD countries is under pressure from global competition of low-cost countries in Asia and Eastern Europe. Many policy makers in Western countries believe that 'entrepreneurship' offers a way out and are inclined to promote entrepreneurship policies. However, remarkably little is known about the exact nature of the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth, let
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