Arbeitspapier
Post-Socialist Culture and Entrepreneurship
In this paper it is argued that locus of control beliefs and preferences concerning state action negatively affect the formation of new firms in former socialist countries. For this purpose Kirzner's theory of costless entrepreneurship is reviewed and criticized. German reunification, in which the formerly Socialist East joined the Federal Republic of Germany, represents an intriguing natural experiment in which the formal institutional structure of one nation was almost fully transplanted into another. Traditional as well as psychological factors are examined. The results suggest that about one third of the east-west gap in new self-employment can be explained by inert informal institutions.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 373
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: General
- Thema
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Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Self-Employment
Transitional Economies
East Germany
Entrepreneurship-Ansatz
Unternehmer
Verhaltensökonomik
Unternehmensgründung
Systemtransformation
Ostdeutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Runst, Petrik
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
- (wo)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2011
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Runst, Petrik
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2011