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Corruption as a Barrier to Entry: Theory and Evidence
Campos, Nauro F.; Estrin, Saul; Proto, Eugenio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10008682953
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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
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Do institutions have a greater effect on female entrepreneurs?
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2009
This paper compares the impact of institutions on individual decisions to become entrepreneurs in the form of new business start ups by males and females across 44 developed and developing economies between 1998 and 2004. We test four hypotheses; that women are less likely to undertake...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269391
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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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Shadow economy and entrepreneurial entry
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
We analyze theoretically and empirically the impact of the shadow economy on entrepreneurial entry, utilising 1998-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient suggests a positive linear link between the size of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272648
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Shadow Economy and Entrepreneurial Entry
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
We analyze theoretically and empirically the impact of the shadow economy onentrepreneurial entry, utilising 1998-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitordata merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient suggests a positivelinear link between the size of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360589
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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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Informality as a Stepping Stone: Entrepreneurial Entry in a Developing Economy
Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We model decisions with respect to formality or informality for entrepreneurs in a new industry for a developing economy. We show that informality allows a leader to explore, without significant sunk costs, the potential profitability of the industry; that is, informality may be a stepping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763577