The impact of local government economic development programs on city-level entrepreneurial activity: evidence from Southern California

IF 1.5 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-22 DOI:10.1108/jepp-02-2022-0038

Hugo D. Asencio, Fynnwin Prager, Jose N. Martinez, John Tamura

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Abstract

PurposeThis paper examines the relationship between government economic development programming and entrepreneurial activity, by examining evidence in Southern California cities. While numerous studies explore this relationship between government institutions and entrepreneurship at the level of countries and states, significant questions remain at the level of city government, and the influence of local government economic development programs on city-level entrepreneurial activity.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses regression analysis of data from all 215 Southern California cities to decompose the complex relationships between economic development programming and different types of entrepreneurial activity.FindingsResults suggest startups are attracted to cities with higher crime rates, more diversity, and older populations, yet not those with higher levels of economic development programming. There is evidence that some types of economic development programming may influence entrepreneurship, especially for the level of minority-owned businesses.Originality/valueThe paper makes three important contributions to the literature. First, it is among the first to use local (city-level) entrepreneurship as an outcome variable to measure the effect of government economic development programming. Many scholars have instead chosen to look at outcomes relating to general economic growth (e.g. new jobs) rather than outcomes specific to local entrepreneurship. Second, it explores city-wide entrepreneurial activity with respect to numerous measures, such as start-ups, minority and female ownership, and self-employment. Third, it examines the potential influence of economic development programming, both on aggregate and decomposed into economic development program clusters.

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地方政府经济发展计划对城市级企业活动的影响:来自南加州的证据

本文通过对南加州城市的实证研究，考察了政府经济发展规划与创业活动之间的关系。虽然许多研究在国家和州一级探索政府机构与企业家精神之间的关系，但在市政府一级，以及地方政府经济发展计划对城市一级企业家活动的影响，仍然存在重大问题。设计/方法/方法本文对来自南加州215个城市的数据进行回归分析，以分解经济发展规划与不同类型的创业活动之间的复杂关系。研究结果表明，创业公司更容易被犯罪率更高、多样性更强、人口年龄更大的城市所吸引，而不是那些经济发展规划水平更高的城市。有证据表明，某些类型的经济发展规划可能影响企业家精神，特别是对少数人拥有的企业的水平。本文对文献做出了三个重要贡献。首先，它是第一个使用地方(城市)企业家精神作为衡量政府经济发展规划效果的结果变量的国家之一。相反，许多学者选择研究与总体经济增长(如新增就业)有关的结果，而不是特定于当地创业的结果。其次，它探讨了全市范围内的创业活动，涉及许多措施，如初创企业、少数民族和女性所有权以及自营职业。第三，研究了经济发展规划的潜在影响，包括总体影响和分解为经济发展规划集群的影响。

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Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy ECONOMICS-

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3.70

自引率

15.80%

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期刊介绍： Institutions – especially public policies – are a significant determinant of economic outcomes; entrepreneurship and enterprise development are often the channel by which public policies affect economic outcomes, and by which outcomes feed back to the policy process. The Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy (JEPP) was created to encourage and disseminate quality research about these vital relationships. The ultimate aim is to improve the quality of the political discourse about entrepreneurship and development policies. JEPP publishes two issues per year and welcomes: Empirically oriented academic papers and accepts a wide variety of empirical evidence. Generally, the journal considers any analysis based on real-world circumstances and conditions that can change behaviour, legislation, or outcomes, Conceptual or theoretical papers that indicate a direction for future research, or otherwise advance the field of study, A limited number of carefully and accurately executed replication studies, Book reviews. In general, JEPP seeks high-quality articles that say something interesting about the relationships among public policy and entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and economic development, or all three areas. Scope/Coverage: Entrepreneurship, Public policy, Public policies and behaviour of economic agents, Interjurisdictional differentials and their effects, Law and entrepreneurship, New firms; startups, Microeconomic analyses of economic development, Development planning and policy, Innovation and invention: processes and incentives, Regional economic activity: growth, development, and changes, Regional development policy.