Public Policy and the Economics of Entrepreneurship

Introduction vii 1 When Bureaucrats Meet Entrepreneurs: The Design of Effective 'Public Venture Capital' Programs 1(22) Josh Lerner 2 The Self-Employed Are Less Likely to Have Health Insurance Than Wage Earners. So What? 23(36) Craig William Perry and Harvey S. Rosen 3 Business Formation and the Deregulation of the Banking Industry 59(24) Sandra E. Black and Philip E. Strahan 4 Public Policy and Innovation in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry 83(32) Frank R. Lichtenberg 5 Dimensions of Nonprofit Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Essay 115(38) Joseph J. Cordes, C. Eugene Steuerle, and Eric Twombly 6 Does Business Ownership Provide a Source of Upward Mobility for Blacks and Hispanics? 153(28) Robert W. Fairlie 7 Entrepreneurial Activity and Wealth Inequality: A Historical Perspective 181(30) Carolyn M. Moehling and Richard H. Steckel Index 211