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dc.contributor.authorDreher, Axelen
dc.contributor.authorGassebner, Martinen
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-21-
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-06T15:41:02Z-
dc.date.available2011-10-06T15:41:02Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.3929/ethz-a-005389461en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/50392-
dc.description.abstractThe paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test whether regulations robustly deter firm entry into the markets. Our results show that some regulations are indeed important determinants of entrepreneurial activity. Specifically, more procedures required to start a business and larger minimum capital requirements are detrimental to entrepreneurship. Second, we test whether corruption reduces the negative impact of regulations on entrepreneurship in highly regulated economies. Our empirical analysis for a maximum of 43 countries over the period 2003-2005 shows that corruption is beneficial in highly regulated economies. At the maximum level of regulation among our sample of countries, corruption significantly increases entrepreneurial activity. Our results thus provide support for the grease the wheels hypothesis.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute |cZurichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKOF Working Papers |x166en
dc.subject.jelD73en
dc.subject.jelF59en
dc.subject.jelM13en
dc.subject.jelL26en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcorruptionen
dc.subject.keywordstart-upsen
dc.subject.keywordgrease the wheelsen
dc.subject.keywordentrepreneurshipen
dc.subject.keywordregulationen
dc.subject.keyworddoing businessen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensgründungen
dc.subject.stwEntrepreneurship-Ansatzen
dc.subject.stwRegulierungen
dc.subject.stwMarkteintritten
dc.subject.stwKorruptionen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleGreasing the wheels of entrepreneurship? The impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn582964636en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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