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Introducing a new data set on municipal-level occupational regulation
Dick Carpenter, Kyle Sweetland, Emily Vargo, Ethan BayneThe purpose of this paper is to discuss new findings on municipal-level occupational licensing and other forms of regulation and introduce a new data set available for researchers…
Real estate agent dynamism and licensing entry barriers
Samuel J. Ingram, Aaron YelowitzThe purpose of this paper is to examine the labor market entry of real estate agents in the USA and the potential effect of occupational licensing on entry.
Does occupational licensing costs disproportionately affect the self-employed?
Alicia Morgan PlemmonsThe purpose of this study is to analyze how occupational licensing costs within a state affect the performance of self-employed firms, as measured through annual sales.
The digital Wild West: on social entrepreneurship in extended reality
Abigail DevereauxOur central thesis is that the dynamic, immersive and agile nature of extended reality (XR) both provides an unusually fertile ground for the development of alternative forms of…
Liability rules for autonomous vehicles
Richard A. EpsteinThe coming use of autonomous vehicles has kindled an extensive debate over the choice of a desirable liability regime. This article contributes to that debate by explaining how…
Entrepreneurial dynamics and investor-oriented approaches for regulating the equity-based crowdfunding
Antonella Francesca Cicchiello, Maria Cristina Pietronudo, Daniele Leone, Andrea CaporuscioThe aim of this research is to contribute to the existing literature about the entrepreneurial conditions in crowd-based contexts by describing how different European countries…
Institutions, entrepreneurial adaptation, and the legal form of the organization
Indu Khurana, Dmitriy Krichevskiy, Gregory Dempster, Sean StimpsonThis paper aims to examine how economic freedom impacts the initial choice of legal structure for startup firms. The authors do this by first exploring whether economic freedom is…
Sex work and online platforms: what should regulation do?
Nick Cowen, Rachela ColosiThe purpose is to assess the impact of online platforms on the sex industry, focusing specifically on direct sex work, and evaluate what approaches to platform regulation is…
