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Governments foster conducive conditions for entrepreneurs through functioning free markets and good governance. In most post-Soviet countries, these conditions are still missing. Lack of political will combined with a detrimental Soviet legacy towards entrepreneurs continues to stunt...
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adjustment costs during the transition, but private ownership and product market competition appear to increase responsiveness …
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We analyse a micro-panel data set to investigate the effect of regional institutional environment and economic factors on Russian new firm entry rates across time, industries and regions. The paper builds on novel databases and exploits inter-regional variation in a large number of institutional...
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This paper investigates whether job stability in western Germany shows any signs of decline and compares the findings to evidence for the US and the UK. Cross sectional data and calendar information from the German Socioeconomic Panel 1984-1997 are combined allowing to check possible influences...
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We use administrative data on the population of New Zealand construction firms from 2001-2012, along with linked data on their employees and working proprietors, to study the relationships among worker flows, entry, and firm productivity. We find that job churn is prevalent in construction, with...
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democracy enhances entry rates for small sized firms but reduces them for medium or large ones. -- entry rate ; institutions …
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We analyse a micro-panel data set to investigate the effect of regional institutional environment and economic factors on Russian new firm entry rates across time, industries and regions. The paper builds on novel databases and exploits inter-regional variation in a large number of institutional...
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market economies. These transitions entail far-reaching and complex changes in social, economic and political institutions … that characterise the transition process in both the economic and political realms. Contrary to a widespread assumption …, market-supporting institutions do not necessarily arise when assets are privatised in a highly unstable and uncertain …
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an assessment of privatization as the central and most important aspect of the transition. …
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