Industry structure, entrepreneurship, and culture: An empirical analysis using historical coalfields

European Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-72

  Stuetzer, Michael ^a,b   Obschonka, Martin ^c,d   Audretsch, David B ^e   Wyrwich, Michael ^d   Rentfrow, Peter J ^f   Coombes, Mike ^g   Shaw Taylor, Leigh ^f   Satchell, Max ^f  

^a BADEN WUERTTEMBERG COOPERATIVE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship culture; Industrial revolution; Industry structure; Personality

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; CULTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84951041659     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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