Frank M. Fossen

Research Fellow

University of Nevada, Reno

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Frank Fossen is a Professor of Economics and the Charles N. Mathewson Professor in Entrepreneurship in the Department of Economics at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is also the Field Editor for “Economics of Entrepreneurship” at the Journal of Business Venturing. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin in 2008 and joined IZA as a Research Fellow in 2010.

Frank Fossen’s research covers the economics of entrepreneurship, public economics, and labor economics. For example, he investigates how public policies affect entrepreneurship, the importance of credit and wealth, the impacts of innovative technologies such as AI, and the roles of economic preferences and personality in entrepreneurship. He has published more than forty papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Financial Intermediation, and JPE Microeconomics.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18160
A Tale of Two Startups: The Loss and Gain of Startups in the U.S. Economy in the Pandemic
Robert W. Fairlie, Frank M. Fossen, Ke Lyu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18101
How Do Minimum Wages Affect Nonemployer Businesses in the United States?
Ke Lyu, Frank M. Fossen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18009
An Estimated Model of Employer and Non-Employer Entrepreneurship
Md Mobarak Hossain, Frank M. Fossen, Sankar Mukhopadhyay
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17231
Entrepreneurs: Clueless, Biased, Poor Heuristics, or Bayesian Machines?
Thomas B. Astebro, Frank M. Fossen, Cédric Gutierrez
forthcoming in: A. Agrawal et al. (eds), Bayesian Entrepreneurship, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2026
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17055
Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship
Frank M. Fossen, Trevor McLemore, Alina Sorgner
published in: Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2024, 20 (8), 781-904
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16930
Long-Term Effects of Shocks on New Opportunity and Necessity Entrepreneurship
Emilio Congregado, Frank M. Fossen, Nicola Rubino, David Troncoso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16683
Income Taxation and Hours Worked in Different Types of Entrepreneurship
Ege Can, Frank M. Fossen
revised version forthcoming in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15445
Were Small Businesses More Likely to Permanently Close in the Pandemic?
Robert W. Fairlie, Frank M. Fossen, Reid Johnsen, Gentian Droboniku
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2023, 60, 1613-1629
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14944
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Labor Markets in Developing Countries: A New Method with an Illustration for Lao PDR and Viet Nam
Francesco Carbonero, Jeremy Davies, Ekkehard Ernst, Frank M. Fossen, Daniel Samaan, Alina Sorgner
revised version published in: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2023, 33, 707-736
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14891
The Cost of Health Insurance and Entry into Entrepreneurship
Frank M. Fossen, Mobarak Hossain, Sankar Mukhopadhyay, Peter Toth
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2025, 64, 383-405
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