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Entrepreneurial Efficiency

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  • Katsuya Takii

    (Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University)

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This paper examines a particular aspect of entrepreneurship, namely firms' ability to respond appropriately to unexpected changes in the environment (i.e., their adaptability). An increase in firms' adaptability improves allocative efficiency in a competitive economy, but can reduce it when opportunities are distorted. It is shown that adaptability can aggravate distortions in the presence of political risk. Because efficiency affects the total factor productivity (TFP) of an economy, the model can explain how entrepreneurship influences TFP. The quantitative effect of firms' adaptability on TFP is investigated using the Census of Manufacturing in Japan.

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  • Katsuya Takii, 2004. "Entrepreneurial Efficiency," Macroeconomics 0406007, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpma:0406007
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    • E13 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Neoclassical
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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