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7. Entrepreneurial Culture, Regional Innovativeness and Economic Growth

verfasst von : Sjoerd Beugelsdijk

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In this paper, we empirically study the relationship between entrepreneurial culture and economic growth. Based on a micro based comparison of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs, we develop a measure reflecting entrepreneurial attitude at the regional level. We subsequently relate this newly developed variable, ‘entrepreneurial culture,’ to innovativeness and economic growth in 54 European regions. Extensive robustness analysis suggests that differences in economic growth in Europe can be explained by differences in entrepreneurial culture, albeit mostly in an indirect way.

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Similar to Barro and Sala-I-Martin (1995), we compute the regional growth figures by relating the regional GDP per capita information to the country mean. There are two reasons to use the country mean as a correction factor. First of all, we do not have regional price data. Second, the figures on regional GDP are provided in an index form that is not comparable across countries. Hence, we use Gross Regional Product (GRP) figures that are expressed as deviations from the means from the respective countries. An additional advantage of using relative data versus non-relative data is the direct control for national growth rates that might bias regional growth rates. The 1950 data are based on Molle et al. (1980), except for the data for Spain which refer to 1955, and are based on Barro and Sala-I-Martin’s (1995) calculations. By using the log value of this ratio, our analysis corresponds with including country averages as independent variables, also referred to as a quasi fixed effects approach (Hsiao 1986).

Eurostat and Cambridge Econometrics provide data on Gross Fixed Capital Formation. However, data are incomplete for some countries or in time.

The basic growth period we analyze is 1950–1998. The school enrolment rate in 1977 falls in between these dates and, given the fact that school enrolment rates have increased since 1950, the 1977 information may be a reasonable proxy for the average over the entire period. Data on school enrolment rates in Spanish regions refer to 1985.

Major agglomerations are the Western parts of the Netherlands, Greater Paris, Berlin, London, the Barcelona area, Brussels, and the Italian region Lazio (Rome).

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Titel: Entrepreneurial Culture, Regional Innovativeness and Economic Growth
verfasst von: Sjoerd Beugelsdijk
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Buch: Entrepreneurship and Culture
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-87909-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-540-87910-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87910-7_7