While considerable concern has emerged about the links between religion and economic growth, little is actually known about how religion and social class impact the decision making of individuals. Using institutional theory and social dominance theory, this paper examines the influence of...

While considerable concern has emerged about the impact of religion on economic development, little is actually known about how religion impacts the decision making of individuals. This paper examines the influence of religion on the decision for people to become an entrepreneur. Based on a...

A growing body of literature shows that geographic location plays an important role in influencing economic phenomena. Despite the renewed interest in economic geography, the existing literature on the firm size distribution (FSD) has ignored the impact of geographic location. A wave of recent...

Chapter 1: Microentrepreneurship: An Interdisciplinary View -- Chapter 2: The Spatial Distribution of Self-employment -- Chapter 3: Economic Returns to Occupational Choice -- Chapter 4: Size of New Start-Ups Across Space -- Chapter 5: Firm growth and barriers to growth among small firms in India...