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Entrepreneurship and Economic Freedom: What are the Cold, Hard Facts?

March 20, 2017
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By Political Science


The Department of Political Science presents:

Dr. Mathieu Bédard
Montreal Economic Institute

Entrepreneurship and Economic Freedom:
What Are the Cold, Hard Facts?

Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
12:00 – 2:00 pm (brown bag seminar)

As shown by a survey of all available studies, recently published as Entrepreneurship and Economic Freedom: An Analysis of Empirical Studies, which can be found at: http://www.iedm.org/65082-entrepreneurship-and-economic-freedom-an-analysis-of-empirical-studies, the more the institutions of a country, of a province or state, or of a metropolitan area leave economic choices in the hands of individuals rather than submit them to the political process, the more entrepreneurs there are and the more their businesses are devoted to productive activities.

H 1220, Henry F. Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

Mathieu Bédard holds a PhD in economics from Aix-Marseille University and a Master’s Degree in economic analysis of institutions from Paul Cézanne University. From 2013 to 2015, he was a Lecturer at the Toulouse School of Economics. His scholarly articles have been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, the International Journal of Business, and the Journal des économistes et des études humaines. The Montreal Economic Institute is an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit research and educational organization. Through its publications and media appearances, the MEI stimulates debate on public policies in Quebec and across Canada by proposing wealth-creating reforms based on market mechanisms.

Contact Dr. Travis D. Smith travis.smith@concordia.ca for more information.

All students and faculty are invited to attend.




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