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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Cities and Entrepreneurship

Edward Glaeser, Stuart Rosenthal and William Strange, organizers

Conference held May 1-2, 2009
Forthcoming from Journal of Urban Economics (Elsevier)

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The following chapters are preliminary drafts unless otherwise noted. They have not yet been subjected to the formal review process of the NBER. This page will be updated as individual chapters are revised.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Edward Glaeser, Stuart Rosenthal, William Strange

1. Not Invented Here: Creative Myopia and Company Towns: Ajay Agrawal, Iain Cockburn, Carlos Rosell

2. How Important is Local Innovation for Entrepreneurship? An Assessment through U.S. Scientific Immigration: William Kerr

3. Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital: Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner

4. Does Local Business Ownership Stabilize Employment?: Jed Kolko, David Neumark

5. The Migration of Technical Workers: Michael Dahl, Olav Sorenson

6. Local Labor Market Endowments, New Business Characteristics, and Performance: Mark Doms, Ethan Lewis, Alicia Robb

7. Geographic Amenities and the Agglomeration of Innovation Entrepreneurship: Edward Glaeser, Giacomo Ponzetto, William Kerr

8. The Origin and Growth of Industry Clusters: The Making of Silicon Valley and Detroit: Steven Klepper

9. Mom & Pop Meet Big Box: Complements or Substitutes?: John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, C. J. Krizan

10. Violent Crime, Entrepreneurship, and Vibrant Cities: Amanda Ross, Stuart Rosenthal

 
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