2018/03/03 by Pourya Darnihamedani, Joern Block, Joern Hendrich Block +2
Business, Management and Accounting · #Corporate Finance and Governance #Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences #Private Equity and Venture Capital
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11187-018-0005-9
openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex publication_date 2018/03/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Prior research investigates the role of start-up costs and taxes with regard to entrepreneurship. Yet, little distinction is made regarding the type of entrepreneurship, particularly innovative versus non-innovative entrepreneurship. We shall argue that start-up costs and taxes are associated in different ways with innovative versus non-innovative entrepreneurship. Taxes being recurring costs should mainly relate to innovative entrepreneurship, whereas start-up costs being one-off costs should mainly relate to non-innovative entrepreneurship. Analyzing a dataset of 632,116 individuals, including 43,223 entrepreneurs from 53 countries, we can partially confirm our predictions. Corporate taxes show a negative relationship with innovative entrepreneurship, whereas income taxes seem to have no relationship. High start-up costs have a positive relationship with innovative entrepreneurship, although this finding only holds true in cross-sectional investigations. Our paper contributes to the discussion on how governmental regulation and taxes relate to entrepreneurship.