Alexander S. Kritikos

Research Fellow

DIW Berlin

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Alexander S. Kritikos is member of the Executive Board and Research Director at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Berlin and Professor for Industrial and Institutional Economics at the University of Potsdam. Born in 1965, he studied economics and political sciences at the University of Munich where he received his degree as Diplom-Volkswirt. After a scholarship at the 'post graduate programme for Applied Microeconomics' of the Free University of Berlin he received his doctoral degree in Economics at the Humboldt-University of Berlin in 1996 and his Habilitation in Economics at the European University Viadrina in 2003. His research interests are Entrepreneurship Research and Innovation, and Behavioral and Institutional Economics.

Alexander S. Kritikos was Research Fellow of the German Marshall Fund in Washington (1999) and EU-TMR Research Fellow at der Athens University of Economics (2000). He is member of the Economic Policy Committee and of the Social Sciences Committee of the German Economic Association, and Research Fellow of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg. Since 2010 he is Editor of Small Business Economics. Between 2012 and 2016, he served as Managing Editor of IZA World of Labor. His articles have been published among others in Economics Letters, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Population Economics, Research Policy, and Small Business Economics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in 2008.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16679
Access to Digital Finance: Equity Crowdfunding across Countries and Platforms
Saul Estrin, Susanna Khavul, Alexander S. Kritikos, Jonas Löher
published in: PLoS ONE, 2024, 19 (1), e0293292.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16563
The Role of Regulation and Regional Government Quality for High Growth Firms: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Sara Amoroso, Benedikt Herrmann, Alexander S. Kritikos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15848
Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Performance of Start-Ups
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos, Daniel Rodriguez, Claudia Stier
published in: Small Business Economics, 2023, 61, 1027–1051
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15793
The Influence of Start-up Motivation on Entrepreneurial Performance
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos, Claudia Stier
published in: Small Business Economics, 2023, 61, 869-889.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15608
German Financial State Aid during COVID-19 Pandemic: Higher Impact among Digitalized Self-Employed
Irene Bertschek, Jörn Block, Alexander S. Kritikos, Caroline Stiel
published in: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2024, 36 (1–2), 76–97
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15260
Pandemic Depression: COVID-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed
Marco Caliendo, Daniel Graeber, Alexander S. Kritikos, Johannes Seebauer
published in: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2023, 47(3), 788–830
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14630
Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses
Maksim Belitski, Christina Guenther, Alexander S. Kritikos, Roy Thurik
published in: Small Business Economics, 2022, 58 (2), 593-609
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14610
The Productivity Puzzle in Business Services
Alexander S. Kritikos, Alexander Schiersch, Caroline Stiel
published as 'The productivity shock in business services' in: Small Business Economics, 2022, 59 (3), 1273 - 1299
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12742
What Makes an Employer?
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published as 'Personality characteristics and the decision to hire' in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2022, 31 (3), 736-761
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12035
Firm Size and Innovation in the Service Sector
David Audretsch, Marian Hafenstein, Alexander S. Kritikos, Alexander Schiersch
published as 'Microfirms and innovation in the service sector' in: Small Business Economics, 2020, 55 (4), 997-1018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11880
Prediction Based on Entrepreneurship-Prone Personality Profiles: Sometimes Worse Than the Toss of a Coin
Alexander Konon, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Small Business Economics, 2019, 53 (1), 1-20
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11501
Business Cycles and Start-ups across Industries: An Empirical Analysis of German Regions
Alexander Konon, Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2018, 33(6), 742-761
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11015
Media and Occupational Choice
Alexander Konon, Alexander S. Kritikos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9734
The Link between R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Are Micro Firms Different?
Julian Baumann, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Research Policy, 2016, 45 (6), 1263–1274
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8818
Why Did Self-Employment Increase so Strongly in Germany?
Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos, Alina Sorgner
published in: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2015, 67 (2), 307-333
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8739
Would I Care if I Knew? Image Concerns and Social Confirmation in Giving
Alexander S. Kritikos, Jonathan H. W. Tan
substantially revised version (available on request) published as "Influence in the Face of Impunity" in: Economics Letters, 2016, 141, 119-121.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8651
Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?
Alina Sorgner, Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 49 (2), 251–272
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7852
Business Cycles, Unemployment and Entrepreneurial Entry: Evidence from Germany
Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos, Katharina Pijnenburg
published in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2015, 11(2), 267-286
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7606
Growing out of the Crisis: Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy
Benedikt Herrmann, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:14
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6326
Who Starts a Business and Who is Self-Employed in Germany
Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos, Alina Rusakova
published in: DIW-Economic Bulletin, 2012, 3, 17-26.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6093
Funding Self-Employment: The Role of Consumer Credit
Christoph Kneiding, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (13), 1741-1749
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5790
Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality: New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (2), 319-324
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5566
Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2014, 42 (4), 787-814
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5370
Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity: Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (2), 394-409
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4661
"I Want to, But I Also Need to": Start-Ups Resulting from Opportunity and Necessity
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Erik Lehmann and M. Keilbach, M. (eds.), From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship: A Tribute to David B. Audretsch, Springer, New York, 2019, 247-265
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4292
Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany
Alexander S. Kritikos, Christoph Kneiding, Claas Christian Germelmann
published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2009, 229 (5), 523-543
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3525
The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Entrepreneurial Survival
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2010, 76 (1), 45-63
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3220
Start-Ups by the Unemployed: Characteristics, Survival and Direct Employment Effects
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2010, 35(1), 71-92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3114
Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose: Chancen und Risiken
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2009, 10(2), 189-213
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2687
Is Entrepreneurial Success Predictable? An Ex-Ante Analysis of the Character-Based Approach
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61(2), 189-214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2168
Risk Attitudes of Nascent Entrepreneurs: New Evidence from an Experimentally-Validated Survey
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 32 (2), 153-167
IZA World of Labor Article
Entrepreneurs and their impact on jobs and economic growth
Alexander S. Kritikos
IZA Research Report No. 61
Evaluation der Programme „Gründercoaching Deutschland“ und „Gründercoaching Deutschland – Gründungen aus der Arbeitslosigkeit“
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos, Steffen Künn, Christian Loersch, Helmut Schröder, Holger Schütz
Forschungsbericht im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie und des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales in Kooperation mit der Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Bonn 2014 (213 Seiten)
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