- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 10
- Historical Shocks a...
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 21. April 2016
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2016-007
- Schlagwort(e)
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Entrepreneurship
persistence
regional culture
- Zusammenfsg.
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This paper investigates the persistence of entrepreneurship in the region of Kaliningrad between 1925 and 2010. During this time period the area experienced a number of extremely disruptive shocks including; devastation caused by World War II, a nearly complete replacement of the native German population by Soviets, and 45 years under an anti- entrepreneurial socialist economic regime followed by a shock-type transition to a market economy. Nevertheless, we find a surprisingly high level of persistence of industry-specific self-employment rates in the districts of the Kaliningrad region. Our analysis suggests that persistence of entrepreneurship is higher in regions with a history of successful entrepreneurship. That is, in regions where a specific industry was particularly efficient and entrepreneurial activity was especially pronounced.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- JEL-Classification for JER
- L26 - Entrepreneurship ; N94 - Europe: 1913– ; P25 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics ; P5 - Comparative Economic Systems