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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across … grow faster. We test these hypotheses using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in 55 countries for 2001 …
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What drives women out of entrepreneurship? The joint role of testosterone and culture
Guiso, Luigi; Rustichini, Aldo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
entrepreneurship so that only women with well above average entrepreneurial skills find it attractive to self-select into … entrepreneurship. This finding can rationalize three facts: a) fewer women than men are entrepreneurs; b) the proportion of women among … entrepreneurs tends to be higher in countries with higher women emancipation; c) women who break the barrier into entrepreneurship …
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Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically by combining...
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Learning to be an Entrepreneur
Guiso, Luigi; Schivardi, Fabiano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
entrepreneurship to allow for the possibility that entrepreneurial talents may be acquired by watching other entrepreneurs in action …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497788
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Does Local Financial Development Matter?
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We study the effects of differences in local financial development within an integrated financial market. To do so, we construct a new indicator of financial development by estimating a regional effect on the probability that, ceteris paribus, a household is shut off from the credit market. By...
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