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Religion and Entrepreneurship
Audretsch, David B; Bönte, Werner; Tamvada, Jagannadha … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
, are found to be conducive to entrepreneurship, while others, such as Hinduism, inhibit entrepreneurship. In addition, the … tradition of the caste system influence entrepreneurship, suggesting a link between religion and economic behaviour. …
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Do Firms Want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Constraints Using a Directed Lending Program
Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We begin the Paper by laying out a simple methodology that allows us to determine whether firms are credit constrained, based on how they react to changes in directed lending programs. The basic idea is that while both constrained and unconstrained firms may be willing to absorb all the directed...
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Finance and Poverty: Evidence from India
Ayyagari, Meghana; Beck, Thorsten; Hoseini, Mohammad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
. This suggests that financial deepening contributed to poverty alleviation in rural areas by fostering entrepreneurship and …
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