Industry Dynamics and Entrepreneurship: An Equilibrium Model

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 10-012/3

21 Pages Posted: 25 Jan 2010

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D. Fok

Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM); Econometric Institute - Erasmus University Rotterdam; Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam

Andre van Stel

Panteia

Andrew E. Burke

Cranfield University - School of Management

Roy Thurik

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Centre for Advanced Small Business Economics (CASBEC); Montpellier Business School; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM); EIM Netherlands - Business and Policy Research; Tinbergen Institute

Date Written: January 11, 2010

Abstract

This paper conducts the first general equilibrium analysis of the role of entry, exit and profits in industry dynamics. The benefit of our model is twofold. First, to discriminate between entrants' role of performing the entrepreneurial function of creating disequilibrium and the conventional equilibrating role of moving the industry to a new equilibrium. Second, to discriminate between three aspects of industry dynamics: The effect of entry and exit on market equilibrium, duration of disequilibrium and patterns of adjustment. Using a rich data set of the retail industry, we construct a dynamic simultaneous equilibrium model of profits, entry and exit. We find that indeed entrants play an entrepreneurial function causing long periods of disequilibrium after which a new equilibrium is attained. Moreover, we find ample support for the statement that disequilibrium is the essence of economic progress.

Keywords: entry, exit, profits, equilibrium, industrial dynamics, retailing

JEL Classification: B50, J01, L00, L1, L26

Suggested Citation

Fok, Dennis and Fok, Dennis and Stel, Andre van and Burke, Andrew E. and Thurik, Roy and Thurik, Roy, Industry Dynamics and Entrepreneurship: An Equilibrium Model (January 11, 2010). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 10-012/3, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1541926 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1541926

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Andre van Stel

Panteia

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Andrew E. Burke

Cranfield University - School of Management ( email )

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Roy Thurik

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Montpellier Business School

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