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The Role of Freelancers in the 21st Century British Economy
PUBLISHED ; Presented to cross party policy working groups on two occasions at the UK Parliament in Westminster. Used as the main theoretical and empirical research source for by the UK cross party group DAVOS. Used to create a Charter for Freelancers by the UK Labour Party's Finance and Industry Group. Used as the main research source for the public policy manifesto of the industry group IPSE. ; London
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Nation, Landscape, and Nostalgia in Patrick Keiller's Robinson in Space
In: Historical materialism: research in critical marxist theory, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 3-29
ISSN: 1569-206X
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BANK INTEREST MARGINS AND BUSINESS START‐UP COLLATERAL: TESTING FOR CONVEXITY
In: Scottish journal of political economy: the journal of the Scottish Economic Society, Band 53, Heft 3, S. 319-334
ISSN: 1467-9485
ABSTRACTThe paper investigates the relationship between bank interest rate margins and collateral for loans issued to new ventures. The analysis finds a convex U‐shaped relationship. The results indicate that while provision of collateral initially reduces bank exposure to risk (through security, more optimal levels of capital and lower moral hazard among entrepreneurs) that beyond a point, the positive risk‐wealth association gives rise to greater risk taking propensity among entrepreneurs and ultimately higher interest rates. This indicates that a lender's pricing policy may even somewhat help to level the competitive playing field between ventures launched by higher and moderately wealthy entrepreneurs.
The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Self-Employed Entrepreneurship: an International Analysis
The importance of IPR regimes for large firm innovation is well documented but less is known about their impact on typically less innovative self-employed entrepreneurship. The paper sets out to estimate the net effect of the various elements that comprise an IPR regime including the political system, the laws, and institutions as well as a general familiarity with and respect for IPR related products. Cumulatively, the analysis indicates that a well developed IPR regime has a net positive effect on the self-employed sector. Since the self-employed sector is possibly the only segment of the enterprise base where IPRs may be expected to have a negative effect it provides a useful contribution to our empirical understanding of the welfare effects of IPRs on the entrepreneurial economy more widely.
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Market concentration and business survival in static v dynamic industries
We propose that the effect of market concentration on firm survival is different according to whether an industry is static (low entry and exit) or dynamic. In our empirical analysis we find support for this hypothesis. Industry concentration rates reduce the survival of new plants but only in markets marked by low entry and exit rates. Specifically, a 10 percent increase in the 5-firm concentration ratio in a dynamic market raises the survival rate of new ventures by approximately 2 percent. Our results have implications for the antitrust/competition law indicating less need for regulation of dominant firms in dynamic industries characterized by high entry and exit rates. We use a unique dataset comprising the population of new ventures that enter the UK market in 1998.
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The impact of intellectual property rights on international self-employed rates
The importance of IPR regimes for large firm innovation is well documented but less is known about their impact on typically less innovative self-employed entrepreneurship. The paper sets out to estimate the net effect of the various elements that comprise an IPR regime including the political system, the laws, and institutions as well as a general familiarity with and respect for IPR related products. Cumulatively, the analysis indicates that a well developed IPR regime has a net positive effect on the self-employed sector. Since the self-employed sector is possibly the only segment of the enterprise base where IPRs may be expected to have a negative effect it provides a useful contribution to our empirical understanding of the welfare effects of IPRs on the entrepreneurial economy more widely.
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Is there a north-south divide in self-employment in England?
In: Regional Studies, Band 43, Heft 4, S. 529-544
Using decomposition analysis, the paper investigates why Northern England has fewer but higher performing self-employed individuals than the South. We find the causes are mainly structural differences rather than regional variation in individual characteristics. There are more self employed individuals in the South, but on average they create fewer jobs. Post compulsory education has a strong negative effect on the probability of self employment in the South, probably due to better employment opportunities there, but little influence in the North. Education has greater positive effects on job creation by entrepreneurs in the North again appears due to regional structural differences.
Study of the Secondary Benefits of the ZEV Mandate
The secondary benefits of the ZEV Program have been discussed in this report in terms of nine categories – (1) patents, (2) government/industry consortia, (3) new economic activity in California, (4) advanced vehicle development, (5) vehicle emissions outside California, (6) low-speed electric vehicle transportation, (7) electric utilities,(8) non-EV applications of advanced batteries, and (9) industrial and automotive applications of improved electric drives.
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Is there a North–South Divide in Self-employment in England?
In: Regional studies: official journal of the Regional Studies Association, Band 43, Heft 4, S. 529-544
ISSN: 1360-0591
What Makes a Die-Hard Entrepreneur? Beyond the 'Employee or Entrepreneur' Dichotomy
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 2307
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Inaugural address of Andrew H. Burke, Governor of North Dakota, 1891
Address to the North Dakota Legislature made by the presiding governor, Andrew Burke.
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