Judaism is the only world religion to predominate in just a single country, Israel, which also has a widely dispersed diaspora. This paper makes use of this fact to examine the effect of the diaspora on Israel's foreign trade. This paper contributes to the very limited literature which tries to...

This article focuses on the impact of religious institutions on entrepreneurship. We find clear evidence that different religious institutions have a significantly different impact on the tendency to become an entrepreneur. Our article makes important contributions to the research of both...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the relationship between corruption and productive entrepreneurship in general and whether it depends on countries' specific characteristics in particular.Design/methodology/approach – The authors used a unique data set of entrepreneurial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the relationship between corruption and productive entrepreneurship in general and whether it depends on countries’ specific characteristics in particular. Design/methodology/approach – The authors used a unique data set of entrepreneurial...