Does the Marginal Entrepreneur Matter?
| Autor: | Chavda, Ankur |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris), HEC Paris Research Paper Series |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Popis: | I study the effect of improved access to health insurance on the rate new business formation and the quality of those newly created businesses. I develop theoretical models which provide predictions on how improved access to health insurance would heterogeneously affect firms by non-profit status and capital requirements. Using the 2006 reform of the Massachusetts health insurance market, I test those predications and find non-profit entrepreneurship was significantly affected although overall entrepreneurship seems constrained by factors other than access to health care such as access to capital. I also provide evidence that the quality of non-profits created by the shock where poor. These results suggest that even when policy changes are able to induce more entrepreneurship, the marginal quality of those entrepreneurs may be poor. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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