The present chapter deals with the consequences of entrepreneurship for macro-economic
growth. It consists of eight sections: (1) Introduction; (2) The influence of economic …

The purpose of this paper is to document the fundamental shift that is taking place in OECD
countries. This shift is from the managed economy to the entrepreneurial economy. While …

We find new empirical regularities in the business cycle in a cross-country panel of 22 OECD
countries for the period 1972 to 2007; entrepreneurship Granger-causes the cycles of the …

This paper explains how and why the developed countries are undergoing a fundamental
shift away from a managed economy and towards an entrepreneurial economy. This shift is …

We examine the relationship, across 39 countries, between regulation and entrepreneurship
using a new two-equation model. We find the minimum capital requirement required to start …

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unemployment
rates. On the one hand, high unemployment rates may lead to start-up activity of self-…

Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1
million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk …

This book is a well written and handy source for readers. Additionally, it provides an overview
of current issues relevant to the development of entrepreneurial policy, which is based on …

Several noted surveys on intra-industry dynamics have reached the conclusion from a large
body of evidence that Gibrat's Law does not hold. However, almost all of these studies have …

This chapter studies the influence of cultural, economic, and psychological attitudinal variables
on differences in the level of entrepreneurship in more than twenty Western nations and …