This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship … disease prevalence on contemporary entrepreneurship is mediated by property rights. The central hypothesis posits that a … guarantee of property rights reduces the effect of past diseases on entrepreneurship. Using data from 125 countries, we find …

entrepreneurship. Previous studies reveal numerous proximate causes of entrepreneurship, but little is known about the fundamental … exert persistent impacts on present-day entrepreneurship. We provide support for the underlying hypothesis using Ordinary … averages between 2006 and 2018. Findings -Past diseases reduce entrepreneurship both directly and indirectly. The strongest …

framework. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Regulation ; Self-employment …