Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Volume 9 Issue 1

The evolution of “entrepreneurial policing”: a review of the literature

Robert Smith

In the past decade, the concept and theory of “Entrepreneurial Policing” has emerged in academic and policing circles, particularly in a UK context. The purpose of this paper is…

Culture and Native American economic development

Jordan Karl Lofthouse

The purpose of this paper is to explore how culture affects economic development on Native American reservations by examining how culture directs the attention of entrepreneurs…

The impact of labor market freedom on state-level in-migration in the US: A dynamic panel data analysis, 2008-2016

Richard J. Cebula, Christopher M. Duquette, G. Jason Jolley

Influences on the pattern of internal migration in the US, including economic factors, quality-of-life factors and public policy variables have been extensively studied by…

Entrepreneurs: Guarantors of a constitutional democracy based on an ethic of individual property rights?

Gregory Price

The purpose of this paper is to consider if self-employed entrepreneurs, a class of individuals who require enforceable property rights to create new firms and ideas that could…

An academic perspective on the entrepreneurship policy agenda: themes, geographies and evolution

Alberto Arenal, Claudio Feijoo, Ana Moreno, Cristina Armuña, Sergio Ramos

Academic research into entrepreneurship policy is particularly interesting due to the increasing relevance of the topic and since knowledge about the evolution of themes in this…

Effectiveness of tax reform on entrepreneurship

Chigozie Andy Ngwaba, SeyedSoroosh Azizi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of tax reform on entrepreneurship in South Africa using repeated cross-sectional data from the World Bank.

Entrepreneurial skill-building in rural ecosystems: A framework for applying the Readiness Inventory for Successful Entrepreneurship (RISE)

Thomas S. Lyons, John S. Lyons, G. Jason Jolley

The purpose of this paper is to argue that defining, measuring and developing skills are crucial to successful entrepreneurship and that being able to do so can help to build…

Microfinance, entrepreneurship and institutional quality

Malavika Nair, Martha Njolomole

The purpose of this paper is to consider the success and failure of microfinance institutions in generating economic growth over the past 30 years and propose a dual criterion of…