M13 - New Firms; Startups

• Trends in Firm Entry and New Entrepreneurship in Canada

  Staff Discussion Paper 2015-11 Shutao Cao, Mohanad Salameh, Mai Seki, Pierre St-Amant

  Recently released data show downward trends for both the firm entry rate and the rate of new entrepreneurship since the early 1980s in Canada. This paper documents these trends and discusses potential explanations.

  Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Discussion Papers Topic(s): Firm dynamics, Market structure and pricing, Productivity JEL Code(s): L, L1, L11, M, M1, M13

• Uninsured Idiosyncratic Production Risk with Borrowing Constraints

  Staff Working Paper 2005-26 Francisco Covas

  The author analyzes a general-equilibrium model of a heterogeneous agents economy in which the agents are subject to borrowing constraints and uninsurable idiosyncratic production risk.

  Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Working Papers Topic(s): Economic models, Financial Institutions, Financial markets JEL Code(s): E, E2, E22, G, G1, G11, M, M1, M13

• Public Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

  Staff Working Paper 2004-10 Oana Secrieru, Marianne Vigneault

  Entrepreneurship is a key factor in promoting growth in output and employment. Consequently, to encourage new start-ups, most governments in developed countries have public venture capital programs.

  Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Working Papers Topic(s): Financial markets, Fiscal Policy, Labour markets JEL Code(s): D, D2, G, G2, G24, G28, J, J2, J24, M, M1, M13