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A Survey on Institutions and New Firm Entry : How and Why Do Entry Rates Differ in Emerging Markets?
Estrin, Saul - 2011
This paper considers the impact of institutions on new firm entry in emerging markets. In particular, it surveys the findings of a two-year research project on the sources of success in terms of entry rates and conditions (including gross entry rates, exit rates and therefore net entry rates)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121974
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State Enterprise Restructuring in Bulgaria, Romania and Albania
Dimitrov, Mitko; Estrin, Saul; Richet, Xavier; … - Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
This book gives the results from the international research project "State Enterprise Restructuring in Bulgaria, Romania and Albania" financed by ACE Programme of European Union. The research covers firms from three countries from South Eastern Europe for which enough information is still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274908
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Entrepreneurship in transition economies: the role of institutions and generational change
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in the countries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link these differences partly with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269687
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Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies:The Role of Institutions and Generational Change
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in mostdeveloped and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in thecountries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link thesedifferences partly with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360599
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Entrepreneurship in transition economies : the role of institutions and generational change
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in the countries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link these differences partly with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942200
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Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies : The Role of Institutions and Generational Change
Estrin, Saul - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in the countries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link these differences partly with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146838
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Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: The Role of Institutions and Generational Change
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in the countries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link these differences partly with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562539
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Corruption as a barrier to entry: Theory and evidence
Campos, Nauro F.; Estrin, Saul; Proto, Eugenio - 2010
Conventional wisdom depicts corruption as a tax on incumbent firms. This paper challenges this view in two ways. First …, by arguing that corruption matters not so much because of the value of the bribe (tax), but because of another less … studied feature of corruption, namely bribe unavoidability. Second, we argue that the social costs of corruption arise not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274698
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Corruption as a barrier to entry : theory and evidence
Campos, Nauro; Estrin, Saul; Proto, Eugenio - 2010
Conventional wisdom depicts corruption as a tax on incumbent firms. This paper challenges this view in two ways. First …, by arguing that corruption matters not so much because of the value of the bribe ("tax"), but because of another less … studied feature of corruption, namely bribe unavoidability. Second, we argue that the social costs of corruption arise not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153607
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Corruption as a Barrier to Entry : Theory and Evidence
Campos, Nauro F. - 2010
Conventional wisdom depicts corruption as a tax on incumbent firms. This paper challenges this view in two ways. First …, by arguing that corruption matters not so much because of the value of the bribe ("tax"), but because of another less … studied feature of corruption, namely bribe unavoidability. Second, we argue that the social costs of corruption arise not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136941