Research

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Lappi, E. (2024). "New Hires, Adjustment Costs, and Knowledge Transfer – Evidence from the Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Skills on Firm Productivity." Industrial and Corporate Change, 33(3), 712–737. Access the paper here

• Braunerhjelm, P., and Lappi, E. (2023). "Employees’ Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Productivity." Research Policy, 52(2), 104703. Access the paper here 

• Lappi, E. (2023). "Help from the past—coworker ties and entry wages after self-employment." Small Business Economics, 60(3), 1171–1196.  Access the paper here 

• Lappi, E., Eklund, J.E., and Klaesson, J. (2022). "Does education matter for the earnings of former entrepreneurs? Longitudinal evidence using entry and exit dynamics." Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 32(3), 827–65.  Access the paper here 

• Acs, Z., and Lappi, E. (2021). "Entrepreneurship, culture, and the epigenetic revolution: a research note." Small Business Economics. 56(4), 1287-1307.  Access the paper here

• Desai, S., Eklund, J.E., and Lappi, E. (2020). "Entry Regulation and Persistence of Profits in Incumbent Firms."  Review of Industrial Organization, 57(3), 537-558.  Access the paper here

• Eklund, J.E., and Lappi, E. (2019). ”Persistence of profits in the EU: how competitive are EU member countries?” Empirica, 46(2), 327-351. Access the paper here

• Eklund, J.E., and Lappi, E. (2018). "Product regulations and persistence of profits: OECD evidence."  Journal of Regulatory Economics, 54(2), 147-164. Access the paper here 

On-Going Projects:

• A study of perceived social disorder and crime on trust and local entrepreneurship

In Swedish: Lokalt entreprenörskap och kriminalitet. En studie av effekterna av ordningsstörningar och kriminalitet på entreprenörskap och näringslivsdynamik i södra Sverige

Familjen Kamprad Stiftelse. Ref. number: 20240018. Amount: 3,600,00 SEK.

Project Group: Braunerhjelm, P. (PI), Jienwatcharamongkhol, V. and Lappi, E., Stenström, A., & Svensson, M.

• Entrepreneurial Human Capital: Implications for firms’ resilience and sustainability in rural and urban regions

In Swedish: Entreprenöriellt humankapital: Betydelse för företagens resiliens och hållbarhet på landsbygd och i urbana regioner

Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas). Ref number: 2022-01288. Amount: 2,964,000 SEK

Project Group: Braunerhjelm, P. (PI), and Lappi, E.