The Determinants of New-firm Survival across Regional Economies

Zoltan Acs, Catherine Armington and Ting Zhang ()

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Abstract: Motivated by differences in new-firm survival across regions, this paper explores the impact of regional human capital on new-firm survival rates. New-firm survival is interpreted through formation rates of surviving versus closed firms in the service sector. By incorporating knowledge spillovers through a geographical variation model for Labor Market Areas, we empirically test the relationship between regional human capital stocks and new-firm survival. The expected positive relationship between regional human capital and new-firm survival is supported for the period 1993-1995, but is not as strong for the recession period 1990-1992. Controlling for human capital, the new-firm survival rate is negatively related to service sector specialization and positively related to all industry intensity, suggesting that city size and diversity may be an important determinant of new-firm survival in both periods.

Keywords: New-Firm Survival; Human Capital; Knowledge Spillovers; Entrepreneurship; Labor Market Area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 L80 M13 O3 R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2006-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-ent, nep-geo, nep-hrm, nep-knm and nep-ure
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