entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of … removed from the sample but unlike the size of government, the results on corruption are not confirmed by country-level fixed …. Our results indicate that entrepreneurial entry is inversely related to the size of the government, and more weakly to the …

corruption, weaker property rights and especially intellectual property rights, and a larger state on entrepreneurs who plan to …

The monopoly position of the public bureaucracy in providing public services allows government employees to acquire … correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …

, business regulations, corruption, and to a lesser extent, infrastructure bottlenecks in explaining patterns of job creation at … growth of all firms, particularly micro and small firms. On the other hand, corruption and poor access to infrastructure …

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …

The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy is not clear. Theoretically, they either substitute or … two latent variables - extracts information on various dimensions of corruption and the shadow economy to contribute to … corruption. The results show that the shadow economy influences corruption more than corruption influences the shadow economy. …

corruption, weaker property rights and especially intellectual property rights, and a larger state on entrepreneurs who plan to …

entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of … removed from the sample but unlike the size of government, the results on corruption are not confirmed by country-level fixed …. Our results indicate that entrepreneurial entry is inversely related to the size of the government, and more weakly to the …

bribe, which reduces corruption. Appropriate networks are more easily established in small towns, by long-term residents of … battle against corruption faced by policy-makers in rapidly urbanizing countries with high fertility. I show that victims of …