Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/67152 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6866
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate the returns to capital and capital accumulation using panel data of Peruvian micro enterprises (MEs). Marginal returns to capital are found to be very high at low levels of capital, but rapidly decreasing at higher levels. The dynamic analyses of capital accumulation in MEs suggest that credit constraints explain a major part of the variation in firm growth. We find a very large positive effect of household non-business wealth on capital stocks of MEs. We also show a sizable effect of risk on accumulation and pronounced interactions between wealth and risk. The presented evidence is consistent with poorly endowed entrepreneurs who operate in imperfect capital markets and a very risky environment.
Subjects: 
micro and small enterprises
credit constraints
risk
risk aversion
firm growth
Peru
JEL: 
D13
D61
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
448.87 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.