regulation we use, we always find a detrimental effect of regulation on entrepreneurship. While women are overall less likely to …"We use two micro data sets that collect harmonized data across countries to investigate the effects of regulation on … start new businesses, in more regulated countries women are pulled into entrepreneurship not to pursue a business …

-and-acquisition market and foster entrepreneurship. A creative economy also depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more …

regulation to improving social outcomes, it is imperative for entrepreneurship scholars and policy makers to better understand …, government regulations may handicap entrepreneurs and dampen these benefits. Given the importance of both entrepreneurship and … these apparently countervailing forces of free entry and regulation. This work investigates the impact of regulations on …

relationship between regulation, firm dynamics and entrepreneurship. We identify some foundational considerations relevant to this …Entrepreneurship can have important positive effects linked to job creation, wealth and income generation, innovation … mechanism through which entrepreneurship can be encouraged, grown and its economic benefits harnessed. The effect of regulatory …

credit and reduce entrepreneurship. I identify the effects of a recent policy by using local variation in exposure to banks … subject to the regulation. The policy reduced mortgage credit in high self-employment census tracts and banks receiving … business employment by at least 3 per cent. This unintended effect on entrepreneurship demonstrates that mortgage finance is …