Regional Path-Dependence in Start-up Activity

Thomas Brenner () and Dirk Fornahl ()

No 812, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Section of Economic Geography

Abstract: This paper studies the impact of an existing industrial structure in a region on the number of start-ups in this region. The aim is to detect path-dependencies in the regional industry structure. To this end we study empirically the regional factors that influence start-up rates. The approach deviates from the huge literature on start-up rates by studying each 2-digit industry separately, including the employment in other industries into the analysis and distinguishing between factors that provide founders and factors that influence their likelihood to start a firm.

Keywords: industrial dynamics; regional industry structure; start-ups; entrepreneurship; path-dependence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 L26 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-geo and nep-ure
Date: 2008-06, Revised 2008-06
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