This paper empirically estimates the effect of several sources of agglomeration on new firm survival while controlling for firm, entrepreneur, and regional variables using a discrete-time hazard model. We utilize the longitudinal Kauffman Firm Survey of almost 5000 US startups from 2004 to 2011. Unlike previous studies, we find that the overall hazard of entrepreneurs shutting down their new firms is not significantly affected by regional agglomeration factors, but instead firm and entrepreneur variables. However, we find suggestive evidence that location does matter for particular groups of entrepreneurs such as high-tech startups and those firms not based out of their homes.

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解释新企业的生存：是企业、所有者还是企业集团有错？

本文在使用离散时间风险模型控制企业、企业家和区域变量的同时，凭经验估计了几种集聚源对新企业生存的影响。我们利用对 2004 年至 2011 年间近 5000 家美国初创企业的纵向考夫曼公司调查。与之前的研究不同，我们发现企业家关闭新公司的总体风险不受区域集聚因素的显着影响，而是受公司和企业家变量的影响。然而，我们发现了一些暗示性的证据，表明地点对于特定的企业家群体来说确实很重要，例如高科技初创公司和那些不在他们家以外的公司。