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Entrepreneurship and Weak Institutions in Latin America

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This paper seeks to explain how heterogeneity in governmental institutions across countries affects entrepreneurial activity.Drawing on insights from institutional theory and based on panel data from eighteen Latin American nations for the 2002-2014 period, the findings presented here suggest that (1) decreasing the number of days required to start a business increases the ratio of high-growth entrepreneurs; (2) corruption increases the number of newly registered corporations per 1,000 working-age people; and (3) increasing the time required to start a business decreases the growth expectation of early-stage entrepreneurial activity across nations.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Authors: Antonio Lecuna, Roberto Chávez

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2909596000

FWCI: 2.011

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Cited by: 8

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