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Entrepreneurial entry: which institutions matter?
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2009
In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically by combining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269212
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Entrepreneurs out of necessity': A snapshot
Poschke, Markus - 2010
Entrepreneurs out of necessity identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey are a sizeable group across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269777
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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intentions: International evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling
Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269939
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Better means more: property rights and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2009
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 … entrepreneurship, but has less pronounced effects for entrepreneurial entry. The availability of finance and the fiscal burden matter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271286
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Shadow economy and entrepreneurial entry
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272648
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Size matters: Entrepreneurial entry and government
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
-level institutional indicators for 47 countries with working age population survey data taken from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272659
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Which institutions encourage entrepreneurs to create larger firms?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2011
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across … grow faster. We test these hypotheses using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in 55 countries for 2001 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274639
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Migration, openness and the global preconditions of "smart development"
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers' and 'bottlenecks'. We first provide cross-national data on how much ecological footprint is used in the nations of the world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282204
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Determinants of pollution abatement and control expenditure: evidence from Romania
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2008
The aim of the present study is to shed some light on the factors affecting Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure (PACE) in the context of a transition economy such as Romania, in contrast to the existing literature which mostly focuses on developed economies. Specifically, we use survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269381
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Firms' ethics, consumer boycotts, and signalling
Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu - 2008
This paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268727