Entrepreneurship and economic growth: Evidence from emerging and developed countries
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- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
- Vol. 21 (5-6), 459-480
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08985620802332723
Abstract
This paper presents an extension to the economic growth model developed by Wong, Ho, and Autio ( 2005 Autio, E . 2005. 2005 report on high-expectation entrepreneurship, Toronto : GEM Consortium. [Google Scholar] ), to reflect differences in the economic effects of opportunity and necessity-based entrepreneurship in both emerging and developed countries. Data from 44 countries for the years 2004 and 2005, as collected by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research and Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) research, are used to identify predictors of GDP growth for emerging and developed nations. The GEM data are used to determine the effect of different types of entrepreneurship on GDP growth. The GCR data operationalize additional control variables suggested by three economic growth theories: new economic geography, endogenous growth theory and national systems of innovation. This contribution to the literature suggests that, in developed countries, a significant portion of economic growth rates can be attributed to high-expectation entrepreneurs exploiting national investments in knowledge creation and regulatory freedom. However, in emerging countries this effect is absent. It is hypothesized that a threshold exists for entrepreneurs to gain access to the formal economy, below which entrepreneurial contributions act through informal mechanisms.Keywords
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