We study the link between homeownership, mortgage debt, and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and … homeowners start a business; and (ii) the negative relation between mortgage debt and entrepreneurship is more pronounced when … income volatility is higher. Our model further predicts that the relation between housing wealth and entrepreneurship is …

The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test … requirements are detrimental to entrepreneurship. Second, we test whether corruption reduces the negative impact of regulations on … entrepreneurship in highly regulated economies. Our empirical analysis for a maximum of 43 countries over the period 2003-2005 shows …

panel of European data on firm births and legal form of business to analyze income shifting via increased entrepreneurship … and incorporation. The results suggest that lower corporate taxes exert an ambiguous effect on entrepreneurship. The …