@techreport{Fritsch2003firm,
abstract = {We apply a multi-level approach to analyze simultaneously the effects of three groups of determinants on new firm formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis indicates that innovation activities and the technological regime play a significant role in new firm formation processes. There are some differences with regard to the impact of a number of variables on start-ups in manufacturing and the service sector. Changes in demand are conducive to new firm formation while a high level of unemployment in a region obviously creates a relatively uncomfortable environment for setting up new businesses.},
address = {Berlin},
author = {Michael Fritsch and Oliver Falck},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {R10; L10; D21; 330; New firm formation; industrial economics; regional economics; entrepreneurship; Unternehmensgr\"{u}ndung; Branche; Region; Sch\"{a}tzung; Alte Bundesl\"{a}nder; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
number = {322},
publisher = {Deutsches Institut f\"{u}r Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)},
title = {New firm formation by industry over sprace and time : a multi-level analysis},
type = {DIW-Diskussionspapiere},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18058},
year = {2003}
}
