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Kravtsova, Maria; Oščepkov, Aleksej Ju. - Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung - 2019

distinguish between market corruption (impersonal bribery), and network (or parochial) corruption which is conditional on the … market corruption. Yet, network corruption, unlike bribery, is not able to "grease the wheels" and is not associated with … political instability. Lastly, we show that the decline in bribery which was observed in almost all post-socialist countries in …

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Market and Network Corruption

Kravtsova, Maria - 2019

distinguish between market corruption (impersonal bribery), and network (or parochial) corruption which is conditional on the … market corruption. Yet, network corruption, unlike bribery, is not able to ‘grease the wheels' and is not associated with … political instability. Lastly, we show that the decline in bribery which was observed in almost all post-socialist countries in …

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Bureaucratic and societal determinants of female-led microenterprises in India

Devlina; Sahu, Santosh Kumar - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 13 (2023) 3, pp. 1-15

This study examines the barriers to female entrepreneurship in India's microenterprise sector through society and bureaucracy. The study uses grammatical genders in languages to capture the societal attitudes towards female entrepreneurship. Using a probit model, it was found that states where...

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Greasing the wheels of entrepreneurship? : the impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor) - 2007

The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test whether regulations robustly deter firm entry into the markets. Our results show that some regulations are indeed important determinants of entrepreneurial activity. Specifically,...

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Corruption and Destructive Entrepreneurship : How Corruption Affects the Allocation of Resources

Boudreaux, Christopher - 2019

The negative effects of corruption at the macro level are well documented. Corruption reduces economic growth, lowers investment, and corrodes trust in government officials creating an institutional environment which pushes entrepreneurs from productive to destructive activities. In corrupt...

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China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign and Entrepreneurship

Kong, Dongmin - 2020

This paper investigates the causal effect of corruption on entrepreneurship. We use staggered anti-corruption investigations in China as exogenous shocks to conduct difference-in-differences estimation, and find that the country's anti-corruption campaign has a sizeable positive effect on...

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Here Comes the Bribe : The Relationship between Bribery and SME Performance

Caboverde, Christopher Ed - 2019

The development of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) is shaped by the environments where they are located, and the institutions in those environments. Governments can have a positive role in shaping SME development. However, corruption exists especially in countries with weak government...

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Corruption, Product Market Competition, and Institutional Quality : Empirical Evidence from the US States

Bologna Pavlik, Jamie - 2016

This paper argues that the effect of corruption on competition is dependent on the institutional environment. When institutions are relatively efficient, observed corruption is likely to be associated with relatively less competition. Conversely, in areas with low quality institutions (e.g.,...

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Do corrupt local governments inhibit entrepreneurship? : a contextual analysis of start-ups in swedish municipalities

Wittberg, Emanuel; Erlingsson, Gissur Ó. - 2020

Does corruption affect the incentives for potential entrepreneurs to start businesses? The traditional view holds that entrepreneurship is inhibited. However, a few recent studies indicate the contrary, supporting a "grease the wheels" perspective. In a novel approach to this question, we...

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The Effect of Corruption on Entrepreneurship in Developed versus Non-Developed Countries

Avnimelech, Gil - 2016

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the relationship between corruption and productive entrepreneurship in general and whether it depends on countries' specific characteristics in particular.Design/methodology/approach – The authors used a unique data set of entrepreneurial...

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