This collection of essays comprises timely aspects of two rapidly growing bodies of academic research, entrepreneurship and economic freedom.Expert editors add to an important field of research, the economics of entrepreneurship, and explore how institutions influence entrepreneurial behavior. This book provides comprehensive and contemporary insights into the interaction between economic behavior of firms and households, economic freedom, and entrepreneurship, and how it generates an environment with greater opportunities for growth and development for individuals, households, and private-sector firms. This advanced and revolutionary book will prove to be a valuable tool for academics conducting research in entrepreneurship and/or economic freedom as well as for graduate students studying in these areas. The volume also provides insight into the measurement and value of economic freedom around the world, making it a useful resource for policy makers and practitioners.
Contents:1. Misperceptions about Capitalism, Government and Inequality Daniel L. Bennett and Richard J. Cebula 2. Measuring Institutions and Policies Across Countries Robert Lawson and Ryan Murphy3. Economic Freedom Studies: A Survey Joshua C. Hall, Dean Stansel and Danko Tarabar4. Sub-National Indices of Economic Freedom Dean Stansel and Jamie Bologna5. Institutions and Entrepreneurship Randall G. Holcombe6. The Entrepreneurial Ethic, Economic Behavio and Motivation Richard M. Robinson7. Freedom as a Public Good J.R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee8. Economic Freedom Convergence Clubs Jac C. Heckelman9. An Exploratory Study Regarding Whether Greater Labor Freedom Reduces New Home Prices Daniel L. Bennett, Richard J. Cebula and Robert Boylan10. The Impact of Property Confiscation Experiences on Individual Patience in Transition Economies: An Exploratory StudySteven B. Caudill, Stephanie O. Crofton, James E. Long, Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. and Mary Greer Simonton11. Economic Freedom, Economic Behavior and Settlement Patterns: Preliminary Evidence for 2010 for the Case of Undocumented ImmigrantsRichard J. Cebula12. Why Do People Move from One Metropolitan Area to Another? James V. Koch13. Preliminary Findings on The Impact of Labor Market Freedom on the Male Labor Force Participation Rate Gigi M. Alexander and Richard J. Cebula 14. Economic Freedom and Microfinance Efficiency in Eastern Europe and Central AsiaSteven B. Caudill, Daniel M. Gropper, Valentina Hartarska and Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.15. Economic Freedom and Subjective Well-Being Boris Nikolaev16. Destructive and Productive Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of International Panel DataNathan J. Ashby17. On The Relationship Between Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurship R.W. Hafer18. Entrepreneurship and Cross-National Economic FreedomRajeev K. Goel, Michael A. Nelson and James E. Payne19. Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity in American StatesTarkan Cavusoglu and Oguzhan Dincer20. Freedom, Growth and Entrepreneurship: Several Sources of US Evidence Richard Vedder21. The US Entrepreneurship-Unemployment Nexus James E. PayneIndex
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