Edited by Magnus Henrekson, President, Research Institute of Industrial Economics and Jacob Wallenberg Professor of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and the late Robin Douhan, former PhD Candidate, Uppsala University and Research Scholar, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Sweden

,i>‘. . . the two-volume edition on the political economy of entrepreneurship by Henrekson and Douhan forms an impressive handbook in the field.’

• Contents:Volume IAcknowledgementsIntroductionMagnus Henrekson and Robin DouhanPART IOVERVIEW 1. William J. Baumol (2002), ‘Independent Innovation in History: Productive Entrepreneurship and the Rule of Law’2. Joseph A. Schumpeter ([1942] 1950) ‘Crumbling Walls’3. Joseph A. Schumpeter (1983), ‘American Institutions and Economic Progress’4. Israel M. Kirzner (1985), ‘The Primacy of Entrepreneurial Discovery’5. Tony Fu-Lai Yu (2001), ‘An Entrepreneurial Perspective of Institutional Change’6. Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2006), ‘De Facto Political Power and Institutional Persistence’7. Bruce L. Benson (2004), ‘Opportunities Forgone: The Unmeasurable Costs of Regulation’8. Magnus Henrekson and Ulf Jakobsson (2001), ‘Where Schumpeter was Nearly Right – The Swedish Model and Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy’PART IIPROPERTY RIGHTS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 9. Hernando de Soto (2000), ‘The Mystery of Capital’10. Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff (2002), ‘Property Rights and Finance’11. Francisco M. Gonzalez (2005), ‘Insecure Property and Technological Backwardness’12. Wei Fan and Michelle J. White (2003), ‘Personal Bankruptcy and the Level of Entrepreneurial Activity’PART IIITAXATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ATheoretical13. Evsey D. Domar and Richard A. Musgrave (1944), ’Proportional Income Taxation and Risk-Taking’14. S.M. Kanbur (1981), ‘Risk Taking and Taxation: An Alternative Perspective’15. Martin T. Robson and Colin Wren (1999), ‘Marginal and Average Tax Rates and the Incentive for Self-Employment’16. Christian Keuschnigg and Soren Bo Nielsen (2002), ‘Tax Policy, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship’BEmpirical17. Donald Bruce and Mohammed Mohsin (2006), ‘Tax Policy and Entrepreneurship: New Time Series Evidence’18. Donald Bruce (2000), ‘Effects of the United States Tax System on Transitions into Self-employment’19. Simon C. Parker (2003), ‘Does Tax Evasion Affect Occupational Choice?’20. William M. Gentry and R. Glenn Hubbard (2000), ‘Tax Policy and Entrepreneurial Entry’21. Robert Carroll, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Mark Rider and Harvey S. Rosen (2000), ‘Income Taxes and Entrepreneurs’ Use of Labor’PART IVSUBSIDIES TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP 22. William G. Gale (1991), ‘Economic Effects of Federal Credit Programs’23. David de Meza (2002), ‘Overlending?’24. Christian Keuschnigg and Soren Bo Nielsen (2001), ‘Public Policy for Venture Capital’25. Wenli Li (1998), ‘Government Loan, Guarantee and Grant Programs: An Evaluation’Name IndexVolume IIAcknowledgementsAn introduction to both volumes by the editors appears in Volume I.PART IENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES ATheoretical 1. Brett Anitra Gilbert, David B. Audretsch and Patricia P. McDougall (2004), ‘The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy’2. Douglas Holtz-Eakin (2000), ‘Public Policy Toward Entrepreneurship’BEmpirical3. Josh Lerner (1999), ‘The Government as Venture Capitalist: The Long-Run Impact of the SBIR Program’4. Colin Wren and David J. Storey (2002), ‘Evaluating the Effect of Soft Business Support upon Small Firm Performance’5. Douglas J. Cumming and Jeffrey G. MacIntosh (2006), ‘Crowding Out Private Equity: Canadian Evidence’PART IIPOLITICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 6. Randall G. Holcombe (2002), ‘Political Entrepreneurship and the Democratic Allocation of Resources’7. Michael Wohlgemuth (2000), ‘Political Entrepreneurship and Bidding for Political Monopoly’PART IIIPOLITICAL MARKETS, INTEREST GROUPS AND COALITIONS 8. George J. Stigler (1971), ‘The Theory of Economic Regulation’9. Daron Acemoglu and Thierry Verdier (1998), ‘Property Rights, Corruption and the Allocation of Talent: A General Equilibrium Approach’10. Konstantin Sonin (2003), ‘Why the Rich may Favor Poor Protection of Property Rights’11. Jesper Roine (2006), ‘The Political Economics of Not Paying Taxes’PART IVINNOVATION AND VESTED INTERESTS 12. Joel Mokyr (2000), ‘Innovation and its Enemies: The Economic and Political Roots of Technological Inertia’13. Per Krusell and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull (2002), ‘Politico-Economic Transition’14. Giorgio Bellettini and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano (2005), ‘Special Interests and Technological Change’15. Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2000), ‘Political Losers as a Barrier to Economic Development’PART VENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL MOBILITY 16. Césaire A. Meh (2005), ‘Entrepreneurship, Wealth Inequality and Taxation’17. Vincenzo Quadrini (2000), ‘Entrepreneurship, Saving and Social Mobility’18. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Harvey S. Rosen and Robert Weathers (2000), ‘Horatio Alger Meets the Mobility Tables’PART VIENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES 19. John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff (2002), ‘The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies’20. Alberto Chilosi (2001), ‘Entrepreneurship and Transition’21. David Smallbone and Friederike Welter (2001), ‘The Role of Government in SME Development in Transition Economies’PART VIIENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE WELFARE STATE 22. Hans-Werner Sinn (1996),’Social Insurance, Incentives and Risk Taking’23. Pekka Ilmakunnas and Vesa Kanniainen (2001), ‘Entrepreneurship, Economic Risks and Risk-Insurance in the Welfare State: Results with OECD Data 1978–93’24. Magnus Henrekson (2005), ‘Entrepreneurship: A Weak Link in the Welfare State?’Name Index