Entrepreneurship, Management Servicesand Economic Growth

Vicente Salas Fum�s () and J. Javier S�nchez As�n ()
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Vicente Salas Fum�s: Departamento de Econom�a y Direcci�n de Empresas. Facultad de Ciencias Econ�micas y Empresariales. Universidad de Zaragoza
J. Javier S�nchez As�n: Departamento de Econom�a y Direcci�n de Empresas. Facultad de Ciencias Econ�micas y Empresariales. Universidad de Zaragoza

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Abstract: We set out to model the joint production of entrepreneurs and workers assuming that the former contribute to the output of the firm by making entrepreneurial decisions (with increasing returns), and managing the productive resources (with decreasing returns). The model explains the equilibrium output of the representative firm and the equilibrium share of entrepreneurs in the working population, as a function of the quality of the entrepreneur and of the elasticity of output to the entrepreneur�s management services. The time dynamics of the solution imply that the contribution to labor productivity growth from increases in the quality of entrepreneurs over time is higher in countries with a larger starting share of entrepreneurs and higher in countries with lower starting labor productivity (convergence enhancing). The model predictions are tested with data from OECD countries for the period 1970-2002. We find that improvements in the quality of entrepreneurs can make a substantial contribution to economic growth by means of more productive management services.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial quality; productivity growth; OECD countries; Coasian entrepreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 L26 M13 M55 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-03
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