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Entrepreneurial politicians

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This paper explores the entrepreneurial experience (and spirit) of politicians. To what extent have they been involved in entrepreneurial activities? Are politicians more or less entrepreneurial than their voters? Are entrepreneurship policies more or less important to politicians compared to the voters they represent? The Members of the Swedish Parliament were asked the same questions regarding their entrepreneurial activities as found in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The empirical results indicate that when we analyse the statistical significance of the differences and control for individual characteristics, politicians have similar experiences and ambitions to the rest of the population when it comes to entrepreneurial activities. Politicians have a high potential for becoming entrepreneurs in the future, but seem to be less optimistic about how entrepreneurs are perceived in the cultural context. In addition, there is a substantial discrepancy between how politicians and voters perceive the ease of starting and running a business. Unlike politicians, voters do not agree that it is easy to start and run a business in Sweden.

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For more information about the data collection in GEM see www.gemconsortium.org.

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It might be the case that the propensity to answer the survey questions is dependent on which policy areas the Members of Parliament are specialized in. We find no apparent selection bias with respect to which committees the Members of Parliament belong to. However, recent Members of Parliament have a higher propensity to answer the survey questions.

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Titel: Entrepreneurial politicians
verfasst von: Kristina Nyström
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2013
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Small Business Economics / Ausgabe 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0921-898X
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0913
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-012-9417-0

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