-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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Using microdata for 35 countries over the period 1985-1994-2002 we find that labor market institutions traditionally …

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

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