NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

International Differences in Entrepreneurship

Joshua Lerner and Antoinette Schoar, editors

Conference held February 1-2, 2008
Forthcoming from University of Chicago Press


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: Joshua Lerner, Antoinette Schoar (bibliographic info)

1. Business Ownership and Self-Employment in Developing Economies: The Colombian Case: Camilo Mondragón Vélez, Ximena Peña-Parga (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Entrepreneurship and Credit Constraints Evidence from a French Loan Guarantee Program: Claire Lelarge, David Sraer, David Thesmar (bibliographic info)

3. Are there Cultural Determinants of Entrepreneurship?: Rajkamal Iyer, Antoinette Schoar (bibliographic info)

4. Entrepreneurship and Firm Formation across Countries: Leora Klapper, Raphael Amit, Mauro F. Guillén (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 5, 2009

5. The International Asian Business Success Story? A Comparison of Chinese, Indian and Other Asian Businesses in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom: Robert W. Fairlie, Julie Zissimopoulos, Harry Krashinsky (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Who are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto: Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Is Entrepreneurship Missing in Shanghai?: Yasheng Huang, Yi Qian (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 1, 2009

8. Explaining International Differences in Entrepreneurship: The Role of Individual Characteristics and Regulatory Constraints: Silvia Ardagna, Annamaria Lusardi (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Does Less Market Entry Regulation Generate More Entrepreneurs? Evidence from a Regulatory Reform in Peru: Sendhil Mullainathan, Philipp Schnabl (bibliographic info) (download)

10. The Comparative Performance of Government Sponsored and Private Venture Capital: An Investigation using Canadian Data: James A. Brander, Edward J. Egan, Thomas F. Hellmann (bibliographic info)

11. What Makes an Entrepreneur?: Simeon Djankov, Yingyi Qian, Gérard Roland, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (bibliographic info)

 
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