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dc.contributor.authorBauernschuster, Stefanen
dc.contributor.authorFalck, Oliveren
dc.contributor.authorGold, Roberten
dc.contributor.authorHeblich, Stephanen
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-21-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:14:38Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:14:38Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31791-
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the impact of implicit institutions on the decision to become an entrepreneur. Implicit institutions are here defined as mindsets that have developed as the result of norms and traditions and we expect they will have an influence on risk attitudes and opportunity recognition. We conduct a natural experiment based on Germany’s recent history and compare individuals born and raised in the former socialist East Germany (GDR) with their West Germany (FRG) counterparts. Our analysis confirms the expected difference in values between individuals from East and West Germany and also shows that these differences influence the probability of being self-employed. In the process of our analysis, we also sketch the ongoing economical transition process in East Germany, which severely disturbs a proper analysis of the institutional differences from a macro-perspective.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aFriedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aJena Economic Research Papers |x2009,044en
dc.subject.jelL26en
dc.subject.jelA13en
dc.subject.jelP39en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordImplicit Institutionsen
dc.subject.keywordEntrepreneurshipen
dc.subject.keywordSocialismen
dc.subject.keywordCapitalismen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmeren
dc.subject.stwSelbstständigeen
dc.subject.stwBerufswahlen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Werteen
dc.subject.stwInstitutionelle Infrastrukturen
dc.subject.stwÜbergangswirtschaften
dc.subject.stwNeue Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwAlte Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleThe shadows of the past: how implicit institutions influence entrepreneurship-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn605058520en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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