Regional variations in firm formation: Panel and cross-section data evidence from Finland

By A. Kangasharju. 2000

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Abstract. This article investigates regional variations in firm formation in Finland between 1989 and 1993, and estimates the effects of regional factors on firm formation utilising panel and cross-sectional data. Panel data evidence shows that the average size of firms and establishments in the subregions tends to explain firm formation in Finland most robustly. Cross-sectional results for Finland and several other countries tend to show that demand growth is also an important factor explaining regional firm formation. Panel data results appear to differ from the cross-sectional ones.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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The Role of Education in Self-Employment Success in Finland (2001, background): “…email: aki.kangasharju@vatt.fi * Government Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland and University of Kent at Canterbury, UK $ School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland and University of Kent at Canterbury, UK THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN SELF-EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS”
Formation of entrepreneurial intentions in a regional context (2013, unknown): “…processes through an increased spending capacity (Bergmann 2005), higher demand for products (Reynolds, Storey, and Westhead 1994; Bosma, van Stel, and Suddle 2008) and a greater supply of resources for business capitalization and lower borrowing costs (Bates 1995; Kangasharju 2000; Stam 2010).”
Regional determinants of entrepreneurial start-ups in a developing country (2008, background): “From this literature, some indications are that profits, education, access to finance and agglomeration do impact on entrepreneurial decisions (Kangasharju 2000, Lawton Smith et al. 2005, Sternberg and Wennkers 2005, Naudé and van der Walt 2006, Acs et al. 2007).”
Entrepreneurial intentions in the third age: the impact of perceived age norms (2011, background): “The second item reflects the presence of small businesses in the municipality, measured as the average size of firms, that is, the total number of employees relative to the stock of firms (Kangasharju 2000).”
Proximity to knowledge sources and the location of knowledge-based start-ups (2010, background): “The density incumbents in a region has been shown to affect local firm formation rates significantly (Baptista and Swann 1999; Kangasharju, 2000; Acs and Plummer, 2005).”
Entrepreneurial culture, regional innovativeness and economic growth (2007, background): “Regional variation in firm formation: Panel and cross-section data evidence from Finland, Papers in Regional Science 79, 355-373.”
New firm formation: Dynamics and determinants (2004, methodology): “Inferences obtained using panel data (cross-sectional time-series data) can pose problems if heterogeneity associated with either cross-sectional units or time periods is not taken into account ( Kangasharju 2000 ).”
On the spatial stickiness of UK new firm formation rates (2014, result): “Newer Finnish panel data evidence (Kangasharju, 2000), however, as well as most cases considered within the international comparisons analysed by Reynolds et al. (1994) contradict them.”