Economic Behavior, Economic Freedom, and Entrepreneurship

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Richard J. Cebula, C. Hall, Franklin G. Mixon Jr., James E. Payne
Edward Elgar Publishing, Oct 30, 2015 - Business & Economics - 328 pages

This collection of chapters 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 policymakers and practitioners.
 

 

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Contents

1 Misperceptions about capitalism government and inequality
1
2 Measuring institutions and policies across countries
21
a survey
38
4 Subnational indices of economic freedom
51
5 Institutions and entrepreneurship
64
6 The entrepreneurial ethic economic behavior and motivation
76
7 Freedom as a public good
88
8 Economic freedom convergence clubs
102
13 Preliminary findings on the impact of labor market freedom on the male labor force participation rate
161
14 Economic freedom and microfinance efficiency in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
168
15 Economic freedom and subjective wellbeing
178
an analysis of international panel data
193
17 On the relationship between economic freedom and entrepreneurship
207
18 Entrepreneurship and crossnational economic freedom
222
19 Economic freedom and entrepreneurial activity in American states
236
several sources of US evidence
245

9 An exploratory study regarding whether greater labor freedom reduces new home prices
115
an exploratory study
124
preliminary evidence for 2010 for the case of undocumented immigrants
134
12 Why do people move from one metropolitan area to another?
145
21 The US entrepreneurshipunemployment nexus
260
Bibliography
272
Index
305
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Richard J. Cebula,Joshua C. Hall,Franklin G. Mixon,James Earl Payne
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About the author (2015)

Edited by Richard J. Cebula, Billy J. Walker/Wells Fargo Endowed Chair of Finance, Jacksonville University, Joshua C. Hall, Associate Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, Franklin G. Mixon Jr., Professor of Economics and Director, Center for Economic Education, Columbus State University and James E. Payne, Richard W. Poole Professor, Oklahoma State University, US

Bibliographic information

TitleEconomic Behavior, Economic Freedom, and Entrepreneurship
EditorsRichard J. Cebula, C. Hall, Franklin G. Mixon Jr., James E. Payne
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing, 2015
ISBN1784718238, 9781784718237
Length328 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior
Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship
Business & Economics / Free Enterprise & Capitalism
Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy
  
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