This research note critically extends Audretsch and Moog’s work on the relationship between democracy and entrepreneurship. While Audretsch and Moog present a positive relationship between democracy and entrepreneurship, we find that key measures of entrepreneurship are frequently negatively, not positively, associated with democracy and its various determinants. However, we do find some evidence to support Audretsch and Moog’s theorizing that democracy is learned in start-ups and small businesses by showing that entrepreneurs in advanced economies are more democratic in their attitudes or behaviors than their employee counterparts. But the evidence on whether the transition from regular employment to entrepreneurship increases political engagement and democratic orientation remains inconclusive.

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创业与民主：复杂的关系

这篇研究报告批判性地扩展了奥德雷奇和穆格关于民主与创业精神之间关系的研究。虽然奥德雷奇和穆格提出了民主与创业精神之间的正相关关系，但我们发现衡量创业精神的关键指标往往与民主及其各种决定因素呈负相关，而不是正相关。然而，我们确实找到了一些证据来支持奥德雷奇和穆格的理论，即民主是在初创企业和小企业中习得的，因为发达经济体的企业家在态度或行为上比他们的雇员同行更加民主。但关于从正规就业向创业的转变是否会增加政治参与和民主取向的证据仍然没有定论。