faces epistemic and political limitations. Remittances are a major source of aid that can overcome these challenges because … it is decentralized and adaptable. This chapter examines remittances between the US and Cuba since 1993 and finds that …

-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Regulation ; Self-employment … measures to proxy for entrepreneurship often gives rise to misleading inferences. Interestingly the rate of billionaire …, more venture capital investment and lower regulatory burdens have higher entrepreneurship rates but less self …

We examine whether Europe has an "entrepreneurship deficit" compared to other industrialized regions. Cross …-country comparisons are difficult due to the lack of standard empirical definitions of entrepreneurship. Measures focusing on small … business activity and startup rates suggest that Europe has the same or higher rates of entrepreneurship than the U.S. and East …