The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test … requirements are detrimental to entrepreneurship. Second, we test whether corruption reduces the negative impact of regulations on … entrepreneurship in highly regulated economies. Our empirical analysis for a maximum of 43 countries over the period 2003-2005 shows …

Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the flow of … world in the fight against COVID-19. This paper, after documenting preliminary evidence on these declines, argues that there … is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be persistent. This …