Two essays on the macroeconomic analysis of government policies and entrepreneurship
- Kuehn, Zoe
- Nezih Guner Director/a
Universidad de defensa: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Fecha de defensa: 24 de junio de 2010
- Juan José Dolado Presidente/a
- Matthias Kredler Secretario/a
- Josep Pijoan-Mas Vocal
- Luis A. Puch Vocal
- Andrés Erosa Etchebehere Vocal
Tipo: Tesis
Resumen
In this thesis, I study the macroeconomic link between government policies and entrepreneurship. In the first chapter, I look at the informal economy in high-income countries and show that taxes and the quality of governance can account for a large fraction of cross country differences in informality. In the second chapter, I ask why the East German economy, in contrast to other transition economies, suffers from a lack of entrepreneurial activity and low growth rates. In particular, I study how the integration of East Germany into an established economy - West Germany - adversely affected the allocation of entrepreneurial talent in East Germany