Entrepreneurship and economic growth.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Working Group on Entrepreneurship met in Durham, NC, on February 12. Research Associates David T. Robinson and Manuel Adelino of Duke University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Can Tian, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, "Cyclical Patterns of Business Entry and Exit Dynamics in the U.S. Economy"

* Yong Suit Lee, Stanford University, "Entrepreneurship, Small Businesses, and Economic Growth in Cities"

* Brian Baugh and Hoonsuk Park, Ohio State University, and Itzhak Ben-David, Ohio State University and NBER, "Can Taxes Shape an Industry? Evidence from the Implementation of the Amazon Tax'"

* Titan M. Alon, Northwestern University; David W. Berger, Northwestern University and NBER; and Robert C. Dent and Benjamin Pugsley, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, "Older and Slower: The Startup Deficit's Lasting Effects on Productivity Growth"

* Jorge Guzman, MIT, and Scott Stem, MIT and NBER, "The State of American Entrepreneurship: Evidence from 15 States"

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