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The effect of local business climate on employment
Stefan Fölster, Li Jansson, Anton Nyrenström GidehagThe purpose of this paper is to analyse empirically whether policies to improve the local business climate affect employment in general, and among groups of immigrants that suffer…
The impact of taxes and regulations on firm births and deaths in state border counties
Michael Crum, Stephan F GohmannThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of the institutional environment on firm birth and death rates. It is hypothesized that high taxation levels, large…
The capital constraint paradox in micro and small family and nonfamily firms
Anders Bornhäll, Dan Johansson, Johanna PalmbergThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of the entrepreneur’s quest for independence and control over the firm for governance and financing strategies with a…
Immigration causes American businesses to fail and that is a good thing
Ryan H Murphy, Rick WeberThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between immigration rates and business failure, where business failure is viewed as a proxy for the presence of…
An empirical note on entrepreneurship and unemployment: Further evidence from U.S. States
Nicholas Apergis, James E PayneThe purpose of this paper is to extend the existing literature on the causal dynamics between entrepreneurship and the unemployment rate (UR) in the use of the Kauffman Foundation…
The impact of higher quality government regulation of business and greater economic freedom on living standards: Evidence from OECD nations
Richard Cebula, Fabrizio Rossi, Jeff ClarkThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether two specific forms of government policy influence entrepreneurship and hence the performance economy as a whole. Performance is…
Mastery versus profit as motivation for the entrepreneur: How crony policies shape business
G.P. Manish, Daniel SutterThe purpose of this paper is to argue that entrepreneurs are motivated not only by the desire to maximize profits but also by the desire for mastery. It then attempts to analyze…
The impact of recent employment-discrimination decisions: A guide for the small business owner
Anthony Lamar McMullen– The purpose of this paper is to inform small business owners about recent Supreme Court rulings interpreting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
