Persistence and change in regional entrepreneurship performance: a three-economy comparison
比较美国、英格兰与威尔士、西德三个经济体，发现人力资本、外国出生人口和人口密度能解释区域创业绩效的长期改善，而工资、年龄结构等因素影响不大。
This paper compares the factors related to the persistence and change of regional levels of new business formation in the United States, England and Wales, and West Germany. The three economies are highly comparable both in levels of path dependency in their regional start-up rate rankings and in the factors related to long-term changes in regional start-up performance. Regional levels of human capital, foreign-born population and population density explain improvement regional performance, whereas regional wages, population age structure, small firm presence and regional industry structure are not major factors. We propose policy implications and an agenda for further research.