-enforcers, we develop a conceptual framework that highlights how political institutions are instrumental in defining the choice … suggest that (a) lobbying and corruption are fundamentally different, (b) political institutions play a major role in … poorer, often perceived as highly corrupt, less developed countries. -- Lobbying ; corruption ; political institutions …

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

Using firm-level data from nine developing countries we demonstrate that (a) certain institutions like restrictive … from being over, and classification of institutions into "good" and "bad" might be premature. -- institutional quality …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in … economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from … firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic …

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 …-growth ventures. We find that institutions exert different effects on entrepreneurial entry and on the individual choice to launch …

sector. However, these results are sensitive to the level of development. -- Entrepreneurship ; property rights ; access to …

entrepreneurial activity in its weak institutional environment. -- entrepreneurship ; institutions ; networks ; Russia …In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia …. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak …

This paper compares the impact of institutions on individual decisions to become entrepreneurs in the form of new … both high aspiration and low aspiration entrepreneurship. We also find that women benefit more from the larger informal … financial sector. -- Female entrepreneurship ; state sector ; informal finance …

particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …

protection systems, labor market frictions, the business environment, and labor market institutions. However, self-employment in …