The Plight of Underdeveloped Countries
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Institutionally dependent payoffs determine the direction of entrepreneurial alertness and efforts. In order to understand the plight of developing countries, it is critical to understand that it is not a lack of entrepreneurship that is the problem, but rather the institutional context directing entrepreneurial activities toward perverse ends. Specifically, some institutional regimes channel entrepreneurial activity into economically destructive avenues, while other frameworks direct this activity in a way that creates wealth.
Authors: Christopher J. Coyne, Peter T. Leeson
Institution: George Mason University
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3125634154