Some of the questions Niklas tries to answer in his research:
- What is the relationship between institutions and entrepreneurship?
- How can the climate for entrepreneurship and innovations be improved?
- What are high-growth firms and where can they be found?
- Is it possible to learn entrepreneurship?
New research
Gender Differences in Optimism
Carl Magnus Bjuggren and Niklas Elert
Selected Publications
Elert, N. and Henrekson, M. (2018). The Collaborative Innovation Bloc: A New Mission for Austrian Economics. IFN Working Paper No. 1222.
Dilli, S., Elert, N. and Herrmann, A. M. (2018). Varieties of Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Institutional Foundations of Different Entrepreneurship Types through ‘Varieties-of-Capitalism’ Arguments, Small Business Economics, 51(2), 293-320.
Elert, N, Henrekson, M. and Stenkula, M. (2017), Institutional Reform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – An Agenda for Europe. Springer International Publishing. 111 pp.
Elert, N. and Henrekson, M. (2017). Entrepreneurship and Institutions: A Bidirectional Relationship. Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 13(3), 191–263.
Elert, N. and Henrekson, M. (2017). Status Quo Institutions and the Benefits of Institutional Deviations. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 15(1), 1–14.
Elert, N., Henrekson, M. and Wernberg, J. (2016). Two Sides to the Evasion: The Pirate Bay and the Interdependencies of Evasive Entrepreneurship. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 5(2), 176–200.
Elert, N. och Henrekson, M. (2016). Evasive Entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 47(1), 95–113.
Daunfeldt, S., Elert, N. and Johansson, D. (2015). Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in High-tech Industries? Industrial and Corporate Change, forthcoming.
Elert, N., Andersson, F. and Wennberg, K. (2015). The impact of entrepreneurship education in high school on long-term entrepreneurial performance. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 111, 209–223.
Elert, N. (2014). What determines entry? Evidence from Sweden. The Annals of Regional Science, 53 (1), 55–92.
Daunfeldt, S., Elert, N. and Johansson, D. (2014). The Economic Contribution of High-Growth Firms: Do Policy Implications Depend on the Choice of Growth Indicator? Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 14 (3), 337–365.
Daunfeldt, S. and Elert, N. (2013). When is Gibrat’s Law a Law? Small Business Economics, 41 (1), 133–147.
Daunfeldt, S., Elert, N. and Rudholm, N. (2013). Start-ups and Firm In-migration: Evidence from the Swedish Wholesale Trade Industry. The Annals of Regional Science, 51 (2), 479-494.