In this research note, the authors explore progrowth entrepreneurs in suburban governments. They first identify the role of progrowth entrepreneurs in proposing policies favorable to the business community and in creating the coalitions necessary to enact probusiness policies in local governments. They then examine the conditions that increase the likelihood of finding a progrowth entrepreneur in suburban communities. Although some fiscal and demographic factors affect the emergence of progrowth entrepreneurs, they find that political structures that increase the benefits of entrepreneurship and that reduce its costs are more important.
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