Spatio-temporal persistence of municipal rates of business start-ups in Chile

Oyarzo Mauricio (), Romani Gianni (), Atienza Miguel () and Marcelo Lufin
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Oyarzo Mauricio: Departamento de Economía, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Romani Gianni: Departamento de Administración, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Atienza Miguel: Departamento de Economía, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

No 61, Documentos de Trabajo en Economia y Ciencia Regional from Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile, Department of Economics

Abstract: This work investigates the spatio-temporal persistence of municipal rates of business start-ups in Chile between 2005 and 2011, using the database of the Internal Revenue Service (SII). The analysis was made with descriptive statistical, non-parametric tests and econometric models. The results show persistent spatio-temporal clusters, representing favorable and unfavorable environments for entrepreneurship, as well as a high probability of any municipality remaining in the same cluster. The factors that explain persistence reveal distinct effects on start-up creation for each level of municipal entrepreneurship, which suggests the need for policies that take into account the spatial differences in entrepreneurial dynamism.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; regional development; spatio-temporal persistence; spatial clusters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M13 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2015-07, Revised 2015-07
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