The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between the literature on family firms and actual movements in economic policy and activity. We argue that economic policy changes accordingly to changes in family firms-related literature and employ an econometric analysis to test the assumed association. The outcomes of empirical analysis indicate, as we expected, that an effect of discussions related to family firms in the literature on economic activity indeed exists. The findings would help us have a better understanding of the patterns in the family firms-related literature, and strongly contribute to the policymakers’ perception on family firms. Furthermore, this work also makes an important contribution to the field of entrepreneurship and practitioners. More to the point, entrepreneurs could implement the best entrepreneurship activities at the suitable time by sensing the changes in the family firms-related literature.

本文旨在探讨有关家族企业的文献与经济政策和活动的实际运动之间的关系。我们认为经济政策会随着家族企业相关文献的变化而变化，并采用计量经济学分析来测试假设的关联。实证分析的结果表明，正如我们预期的那样，文献中有关家族企业的讨论对经济活动的影响确实存在。研究结果将有助于我们更好地理解家族企业相关文献中的模式，并对决策者对家族企业的看法做出重要贡献。此外，这项工作也对创业和从业者领域做出了重要贡献。更重要的是，