entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of … extent of corruption. A cluster of institutional indicators representing 'market freedom' is only significant in some … specifications. Freedom from corruption is significantly related to entrepreneurial entry, especially when the richest countries are …

corruption, weaker property rights and especially intellectual property rights, and a larger state on entrepreneurs who plan to … property rights. -- entrepreneurship ; institutions ; corruption ; property rights ; government ; Global Entrepreneurship …

, however, is that there seem to be certain "threshold" levels of financial and institutional development that an economy needs …

hypotheses; that women are less likely to undertake entrepreneurial activity in countries where the rule of law is weaker; where …

We analyze theoretically and empirically the impact of the shadow economy on entrepreneurial entry, utilising 1998 … suggests a positive linear link between the size of the shadow economy and entrepreneurial entry. However, this masks more … shadow economy on entry is found to be negative, based on a linear specification. Moreover, there is also evidence of …