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Bloom, Nicholas; Fletcher, Robert S.; Yeh, Ethan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We use survey data on an opt-in panel of around 2,500 US small businesses to assess the impact of COVID-19. We find a …

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Glaeser, Edward L. - 2007

Why do levels of entrepreneurship differ across America's cities? This paper presents basic facts on two measures of … entrepreneurship: the self-employment rate and the number of small firms. Both of these measures are correlated with urban success … entrepreneurship is linked to a large number of small firms in supplying industries. Finally, there is a strong connection between area …

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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index : A New Employment Series for the US, Canada, and the UK

Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....

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Getting on the Map : The Impact of Online Listings on Business Performance

Luca, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We evaluate the extent to which small businesses maintain an online presence, looking at restaurant listings on a major online review platform. While the majority of restaurants have an online presence, we find that roughly 18 percent in our sample have no presence as of the end of 2017, despite...

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What Predicts the Growth of Small Firms?$bEvidence from Tanzanian Commercial Loan Data

Ellis, Mia; Kinnan, Cynthia; McMillan, Margaret Stokes; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

consequences for productivity. We collect detailed survey data on small- and medium-sized Tanzanian firms who borrow from a large … (entrepreneurs' motivations for entrepreneurship and constraints faced) has predictive power over and above administrative data …

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Credit Supply Shocks and Firm Dynamics : Evidence from Brazil

Bazzi, Samuel; Muendler, Marc-Andreas; Oliveira, Raquel F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We explore how financial constraints distort the entry decisions among otherwise productive entrepreneurs and limit growth of promising young firms. A model of liquidity-constrained entrepreneurs suggests that the easing of credit constraints can induce more entry of firms with greater long-run...

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Personal Income Taxes and the Growth of Small Firms

Carroll, Robert - 2000

This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurs' personal income tax situations on the growth rates of their enterprises. We analyze the personal income tax returns of a large number of sole proprietors before and after the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and determine how the substantial reductions...

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When Does Funding Research by Smaller Firms Bear Fruit? : Evidence from the SBIR Program

Gans, Joshua S. - 2000

This paper evaluates whether the relative concentration of funding for small, research-oriented firms in a small number of high-tech industries is related to the differences across industries in the level of appropriability or capital constraints facing small firms. To do so, we exploit a novel...

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Does Distance Still Matter? The Information Revolution in Small Business Lending

Petersen, Mitchell A. - 2000

The distance between small firms and their lenders in the United States is increasing. Not only are firms choosing more distant lenders, they are also communicating with them in more impersonal ways. After documenting these systematic changes, we demonstrate that they do not stem from small...

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Discrimination in the Small Business Credit Market

Blanchflower, David G. - 1998

This paper uses data from the 1993 National Survey of Small Business Finances to determine the extent to which minority …

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