- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 1
- High Growth Entrepr...
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 20. Juni 2007
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2007-019
- Schlagwort(e)
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economic growth
entrepreneurial activity
growth ambitions
high growth entrepreneurs
high growth start-ups
public policy
- Zusammenfsg.
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This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs affect GDP growth for a sample of 36 countries. Our results suggest that ambitious entrepreneurship contributes more strongly to macro-economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We find a particularly strong effect of high-expectation entrepreneurship for transition countries. These results are interpreted in light of the ongoing debate about public policies designed to stimulate high growth start-ups.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- article research fields JER
- entrepreneurship
- JEL-Classification for JER
- L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure; Industrial Price Indices ; L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm ; M13 - New Firms; Startups ; O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; O40 - General ; O57 - Comparative Studies of Countries