corruption. Despite the ubiquity of literature on corruption, the relationship between a state's political capacity and … corruption has not been addressed by the existing academic literature. To measure the political capacity of a country, the … reducing corruption. On the other hand, a strong political capacity provides them with the opportunity for rent-seeking and …

This is a qualitative study, which aims at developing a framework for entrepreneurship ecosystem for Ghana and other … the study. In addition, 19 institutions were selected for the study. These were institutions that the researchers … identified as having activities that were geared towards entrepreneurship capacity building and were willing to participate in …

This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment …

, entrepreneurship can often affect institutions and contribute to their evolution. We highlight three entrepreneurial responses to the …Entrepreneurship plays a pivotal role for institutional change and economic development in transition and developing … economies. Formal and informal institutions in such countries are often sub-par, but rather than being constrained by them …

This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment …

effect of a particular feature of the institutional landscape, namely corruption, on entrepreneurship. It is expected that … corruption discourages entrepreneurship since it undermines fair competition. We employ two proxies for entrepreneurship that are … from the World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey. We find that better control of corruption promotes entrepreneurship. Our …