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The Case of East Germany

In: Regional Trajectories of Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, and Growth

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  • Michael Fritsch

    (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

  • Michael Wyrwich

    (University of Groningen)

Abstract

We investigate how institutional change, specifically, the transition from a socialist system to a western-type market economyMarketeconomy, relates to the re-emergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany. This region is particularly well suited for such a study because of the rapid change of the institutional framework and the possibility of using West Germany as a benchmark. It took about 15 years for self-employment levels in East Germany to reach those of West Germany. Despite this catch up, we find a number of peculiarities in East German self-employment and new business formation that appear to be a continuing legacy of the socialist period. There is also a considerable correspondence of the regional levels of entrepreneurship before, during and after the socialist period, suggesting the existence of a long lasting regional entrepreneurship culture that can be regarded as an informal institution. This is in line with the hypothesis that informal institutionsInstitutionsinformal change much more slowly than formal institutionsInstitutionsformal.

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  • Michael Fritsch & Michael Wyrwich, 2019. "The Case of East Germany," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: Regional Trajectories of Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, and Growth, chapter 0, pages 47-68, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-319-97782-9_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97782-9_5
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    1. Achleitner, Ann-Kristin & Bender, Marko & Kaserer, Christoph & Lutz, Eva, 2010. "Geographic location of a new venture and the likelihood of a venture capital investment," CEFS Working Paper Series 2010-02, Technische Universität München (TUM), Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS).

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