Entrepreneurship in Missouri

Business Climate |
By Rik W. Hafer and Andrew Sullivan | Read Time 1 min

The slow rate of economic growth that Missouri has experienced since the beginning of this century is subject to several possible explanations. Factors such as tax rates and educational attainment have been studied at length, and the findings have provided little cause for optimism over Missouri’s future. One area that has received less attention is the role of the entrepreneur in the economic environment. This essay examines Missouri’s record of business development over the past decade as a possible source of the state’s sluggish economic growth.

 

 

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Rik Hafer is an associate professor of economics and the Director of the Center for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.  He was previously a distinguished research professor of economics and finance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. After...

About the Author

Andrew Sullivan is an intern at the Show-Me Institute. A native of Florissant and a graduate of DeSmet Jesuit High School, he currently studies economics and theology at Saint Louis University, hoping to pursue a graduate degree in public policy in the future. With his experience working with...

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