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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?

Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across individuals and institutional contexts. Our framework generates hypotheses about the negative impact of higher levels of corruption, weaker property rights and especially...

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Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties

Winters, John V.; Li, Yu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. SWB is measured using individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which asks respondents to rate their overall life satisfaction....

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Globalization, Institutions, and the Ethnic Divide: Recent Longitudinal Evidence

Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Prasch, Robert E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth emphasizing the role of institutional quality, social fragmentation, and increasing global integration on recent growth experience. Our longitudinal data consists of 103 countries covering the period 1992-2005. We find that democracies...

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Better Means More: Property Rights and High-Growth Aspiration Entrepreneurship

Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper contrasts the determinants of entrepreneurial entry and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship. Using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for 42 countries over the period 1998-2005, we analyse how institutional environment and entrepreneurial characteristics affect...

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Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

the key institutional features that enhance entrepreneurial activity are indeed the rule of law and limits to the state …

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Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Grygorenko, Yegor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper develops a partial equilibrium model to account for stylized facts about the behavior of oligarchs, politically and economically strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are more likely than other owners to invest in productivity...

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Security of Property as a Public Good: Institutions, Socio-Political Environment and Experimental Behavior in Five Countries

Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis; Ahn, T.K.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

and quality of government. Subjects from countries with higher levels of trust or perceptions of safety are more prone to …

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Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China

Giles, John T.; Mu, Ren - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A simple model first frames the relationship among these variables and the probability that a reallocation of land will occur in the following year. After first demonstrating that...

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Financial Liberalization and Remittances: Recent Longitudinal Evidence

Bang, James T.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Wunnava, Phanindra V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

government control over the allocation of credit, has a positive and immediate impact. Improved robustness of financial markets …

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When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms

Rebitzer, James B.; Taylor, Lowell J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

firms, large law firms. Our point of departure is the “property rights” approach that emphasizes the centrality of ownership …’s legal rights to control important, non-human assets of the enterprise. From this perspective, large law firms are an … large law firms, the use of “up or out” promotion contests and the practice of having winners become residual claimants in …

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