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important to look at minority-specific effects of policies and institutions and not solely at the effects for the average … citizen, as well as the transmission mechanisms through which policies and institutions affect life satisfaction. We find that …
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informal institutions - that predict their level of tolerance towards gay people. Using the epidemiological method allows us to … valuing children taking responsibility), as well as impartial institutions in the ancestral country, predict higher individual …
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While previous research examines how institutions matter for general life satisfaction and how specific institutions … latter type of institutions relates to general life satisfaction. The question is how people in general are affected by laws …
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Evasive entrepreneurs innovate by circumventing or disrupting existing formal institutional frameworks by evading them. Since such evasions rarely go unnoticed, they usually lead to responses from lawmakers and regulators. We introduce a conceptual model to illustrate and map the interdependence...
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One response to uncertainty and transactions costs in VC-finance is to compensate founders (and other key personnel) with stock options under complex contracts. Entrepreneurs are granted stock options contingent on firm performance, vesting and other criteria. While most countries tax stock...
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that trigger migration. People may well want to stay in or move to relatively poor countries if institutions are good …, partly because good institutions have an intrinsic value for people and partly because good institutions may be a sign of … levels, we find that institutional quality matters significantly for migration. Poor institutions act as a push factor, while …
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In some classes of models, taxes at the owner level are "neutral" and have no effect on firm activity. However, this tax neutrality is sensitive to assumptions and no longer holds in more complex models. We review recent research that incorporates greater complexity in studying the link between...
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We explore the potential effects of the first leaders of Sub-Saharan Africa. We first outline a set of theoretical reasons for why leaders may matter particularly at the critical juncture of African independence and why this influence may be persistent. In an unbalanced panel from 40 African...
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, who are renowned specialists in the area and with deep knowledge of the pertinent institutions in Sweden and the US. These … ; Institutions ; Firm growth ; Economic dynamism …
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-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Regulation ; Self-employment …
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