wheels" hypothesis. -- corruption ; start-ups ; grease the wheels ; entrepreneurship ; regulation ; doing business …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 …

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 … that corruption is beneficial in highly regulated economies. At the maximum level of regulation among our sample of …

index developed by the World Bank in its Doing Business report series. To measure entrepreneurship we use the World Bank … entrepreneurship for an international large sample of countries for a period of six years (2007-2012). The dimensions of country …-level governance at macroeconomic level will be captured by using the following six indicators developed by the World Bank: 1. Voice …

effects models. -- Entrepreneurship ; government ; market freedom ; corruption … entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of … variables related to protection of property rights and regulation. We test these relationships by combining country …