This paper examines the relation between gender differences in entrepreneurship and firm-level bribery, one of the most … impact of gender on bribery is more pronounced among firms located in countries that are more corruption-prone and becomes …

There is evidence of a gender gap in access to finance. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that corruption … discourages more female than male entrepreneurs from applying for credit. We use data on access to credit and corruption at the … discouraged by corruption to ask for credit than male borrowers. We find evidence for three explanations for the gendered impact …

Using state-level data on productive and unproductive entrepreneurship, shadow economy size, and public official … corruption, this paper examines whether formal sector productive (unproductive) entrepreneurial activity is associated with lower … (higher) levels of informal economic activity. Additionally, I aim to connect entrepreneurship, shadow economy size, and …