Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/117808 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "Land Use and Water Management in a Sustainable Network Society", 23-27 August 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publisher: 
European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Louvain-la-Neuve
Abstract: 
We investigate regional differences in the level and the development of regional new business formation activity. There is pronounced variance of start-up rates across regions. The level of regional new firm formation activity is rather path-dependent so that changes are relatively small. The main factors determining the level of regional start-up activity are innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition unemployment seems to play a role. These factors also appear to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation activity and could be an appropriate starting point for policy measures trying to promote start-ups. Our empirical evidence strongly suggests that such measures may have significant effect only in the long run.
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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