Advanced search
Publication Cover
Regional Studies Volume 43, 2009 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
500
Views
31
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

(Small) Business Activity and State Economic Growth: Does Size Matter?

Donald Bruce Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Tennessee, 804 Volunteer Boulevard, 105 Temple Court, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA E-mail: [email protected]
,
John A. Deskins Department of Economics and Finance, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE, 68178, USA E-mail: [email protected]
,
Brian C. Hill Department of Economics and Finance, Salisbury University, 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD, 21801, USA E-mail: [email protected]
&
Jonathan C. Rork Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, PO Box 3992, Atlanta, GA, 30302, USA E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 229-245 | Received 01 Feb 2007, Published online: 23 Apr 2009

Citations (31)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (6)

Małgorzata Wosiek, Adam Czudec & Ryszard Kata. (2022) Relationship between unemployment and new business registrations at the local level: the case of Poland. Post-Communist Economies 34:8, pages 1083-1108.
Read now
Victor Tiberius & Raoul Hauptmeijer. (2021) Equity crowdfunding: Forecasting market development, platform evolution, and regulation. Journal of Small Business Management 59:2, pages 337-369.
Read now
Tobias Schölin, Henrik Ohlsson & Per Broomé. (2017) The role of regions for different forms of business organizations. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 29:3-4, pages 197-214.
Read now
Sabine Müller. (2016) A progress review of entrepreneurship and regional development: What are the remaining gaps?. European Planning Studies 24:6, pages 1133-1158.
Read now
Tulio A. Cravo, Bettina Becker & Adrian Gourlay. (2015) Regional Growth and SMEs in Brazil: A Spatial Panel Approach. Regional Studies 49:12, pages 1995-2016.
Read now
Vicente Salas-Fumás & J. Javier Sanchez-Asin. (2013) The management function of entrepreneurs and countries’ productivity growth. Applied Economics 45:17, pages 2349-2360.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (25)

Xi Huang. (2020) Immigration and economic resilience in the Great Recession. Urban Studies 58:9, pages 1885-1905.
Crossref
Paul E. Orzechowski. (2019) U.S. Small Business Administration loans and U.S. state-level employment. Journal of Economics and Finance 44:3, pages 486-505.
Crossref
Donald Bruce, Elizabeth A. Glass & Matthew C. Harris. (2019) On the effectiveness of state tax and expenditure policies to encourage entrepreneurship. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 8:4, pages 523-548.
Crossref
Yu. S. Pinkovetskaya. (2019) Statistical evaluation of creation and liquidation of organizations in Russia: sectoral and regional aspects. Statistics and Economics 16:3, pages 44-51.
Crossref
Nenad Nikolić, Ivan Jovanović, Đorđe Nikolić, Ivan Mihajlović & Peter Schulte. (2019) Investigation of the Factors Influencing SME Failure as a Function of Its Prevention and Fast Recovery after Failure. Entrepreneurship Research Journal 9:3.
Crossref
Luiz PhilippsenJrJr, Marcelo Seido Nagano & Edmundo Escrivão Filho. 2019. Globalization and Development. Globalization and Development 421 438 .
Meg Patrick Tuszynski & Dean Stansel. (2018) Targeted state economic development incentives and entrepreneurship. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 7:3, pages 235-247.
Crossref
Edmundo Escrivão Filho, Alexandre Farias Albuquerque, Marcelo Seido Nagano, Luiz Adalberto Philippsen Junior & Jair de Oliveira. (2017) Identifying SME mortality factors in the life cycle stages: an empirical approach of relevant factors for small business owner-managers in Brazil. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 7:1.
Crossref
Zhengyu Cai & John V. Winters. (2017) Self-employment differentials among foreign-born STEM and non-STEM workers. Journal of Business Venturing 32:4, pages 371-384.
Crossref
Gorah Kassim Abdallah. (2017) Differences between firms from the formal sector and the informal sector in terms of growth. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies 9:2, pages 121-143.
Crossref
Alexandre Farias Albuquerque, Edmundo Escrivão Filho, Marcelo Seido Nagano & Luiz Adalberto Philippsen Junior. (2016) A change in the importance of mortality factors throughout the life cycle stages of small businesses. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 6:1.
Crossref
Donald Bruce, Xiaowen Liu & Matthew N. Murray. (2015) STATE TAX POLICY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. National Tax Journal 68:3S, pages 803-837.
Crossref
Lenka Smékalová. (2015) An Analysis of the Impact of Cohesion Policy in the Transport Sector. Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis 17:2, pages 93-101.
Crossref
Suzanne H Clain. (2014) Variation in Job Creation and Destruction across the States Through Boom and Bust: Could Minimum Wage Matter?. Eastern Economic Journal 41:2, pages 183-199.
Crossref
Oldřich Hájek, Lenka Smékalová, Jiří Novosák & Petr Zahradník. (2014) Spatial Coherence of National and European Regional Policy: The Insights from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Politická ekonomie 62:5, pages 630-644.
Crossref
Caroline Moraes, Luiz PhilippsenJr.Jr., Heloisa Lirani, Lie Yamanaka, Daniela Rosim & Edmundo Escrivão Filho. (2014) Systematic Mapping Study in Small Business: The Quest for Contemporary Understanding. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 143, pages 916-920.
Crossref
Don Bruce, Jon C. Rork & Gary Wagner. (2014) State income tax reciprocity agreements and small businesses. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 3:1, pages 118-140.
Crossref
ERICK PC CHANG, KAUSTAV MISRA & ESRA MEMILI. (2012) EXPANDING THE NOTION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAPITAL IN AMERICAN COUNTIES: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS 2002–07. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 17:03, pages 1250015.
Crossref
Andrew G Ross, Kenny Crossan & Linda Juleff. (2012) How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit 27:3, pages 279-296.
Crossref
John DeskinsBrian Hill & Laura Ullrich. (2009) Education Spending and State Economic Growth: Are All Dollars Created Equal?. Economic Development Quarterly 24:1, pages 45-59.
Crossref
Robert M Feinberg. (2009) Price Impacts of Small-Firm Entry in US Manufacturing. Eastern Economic Journal 36:1, pages 58-69.
Crossref
Jacob Bundrick & Thomas Jack Snyder. (2018) Do Business Subsidies Lead to Increased Economic Activity? Evidence from ArkansassS Quick Action Closing Fund. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref
Jacob Bundrick & Thomas Jack Snyder. (2017) Do Business Subsidies Lead to Increased Economic Activity? Evidence from Arkansas's Quick Action Closing Fund. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref
Peter Calcagno & Frank L Hefner. (2018) Targeted Economic Incentives: An Analysis of State Fiscal Policy and Regulatory Conditions. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref
Ben VanMetre & Joshua C. Hall. (2011) How Friendly to Entrepreneurs are 'Business Friendly' Policies? Some Preliminary Results. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.