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Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship

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  • Edward L. Glaeser
  • Stuart S. Rosenthal
  • William C. Strange

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Research on entrepreneurship often examines the local dimensions of new business formation. The local environment influences the choices of entrepreneurs; entrepreneurial success influences the local economy. Yet modern urban economics has paid relatively little attention to entrepreneurs. This essay introduces a special issue of Journal of Urban Economics dedicated to the geography of entrepreneurship. The paper frames the core questions facing researchers interested in assessing the local causes and consequences of entrepreneurship, perturbs a core urban model to incorporate entrepreneurship, and concludes by offering an agenda for future work on the spatial aspects of entrepreneurship.

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Publication status: published as Edward L. Glaeser, Stuart S. Rosenthal, William C, Strange. "Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship," in Edward Glaeser, Stuart Rosenthal and William Strange, organizers, "Cities and Entrepreneurship" Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 67, no. 1 (2010)
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