Testing Baumol: Institutional quality and the productivity of entrepreneurship

By R. Sobel. 2008

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Subfields: Accounting, Information Systems, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Institutions and Entrepreneurship Quality (2018, methodology): “Existing studies have focused on the role of institutions in fostering entrepreneurship (Estrin et al., 2013; McMullen et al., 2008; Sobel, 2008), either from a within-country perspective (Cole et al. 2016; Amorós, 2009) or a quality-of- institution perspective (Armour & Cumming, 2006, 2008;…”
The ineffectiveness of entrepreneurship policy: is policy formulation to blame? (2014, background): “The government is responsible for setting up and enforcing the rules under which entrepreneurs operate (Sobel 2008).”
Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: a tale of two regions (2016, background): “One of these crucial place-specific determinants of entrepreneurship is the institutional context (e.g., Baumol, 1990; Sobel, 2008).”
Capital is not enough: opportunity entrepreneurship and formal institutions (2018, neutral): “2013; Powell and Weber 2013), total early-stage entrepreneurship (Bjørnskov and Foss 2008, 2013, 2016; Boudreaux 2014; Gohmann et al. 2008; Kreft and Sobel 2005; McMullen et al. 2008; Sobel 2008; Sobel et al. 2007; Sobel and Hall 2008), and innovation (Boudreaux 2017; Simón-Moya et al.”
Freedom, barriers to entry, entrepreneurship, and economic progress (2007, neutral): “This spirit, however, will be directed in different directions depending on the prevailing economic and political institutions (Baumol 1990, 1993, Boettke 2001, Boettke and Coyne 2003, Coyne and Leeson 2004, Sobel 2006).”
Institutions and the shaping of different forms of entrepreneurship (2010, background): “Sobel (2008) claims that productive entrepreneurship is the fundamental source of economic growth and wealth creation.”
Taxes, corruption, and entry (2016, neutral): “…respond to calls for more nuanced analysis of how entrepreneurship is influenced by regulations (van Stel et al. 2007; Djankov et al. 2010; Stenholm et al. 2013), specifically tax policy (Da Rin et al. 2011; Henrekson et al. 2010) and corruption (Estrin et al. 2013; Aidis et al. 2012; Sobel 2008).”
Political connections and entrepreneurial investment: Evidence from China's transition economy (2013, background): “, developedproperty rights institutions, a fair and balanced judicial system, and effective constitutional limits on government's ability to transfer wealth through taxation and regulation) are essential for genuine entrepreneurial activities (e.g.,Minniti, 2008;Minniti and Levesque, 2008; Sobel, 20”
The effect of social, cultural, and economic factors on entrepreneurship (2015, background): “Baumol (1990), Boettke and Coyne (2003), and Sobel (2008) claim institutions’ structure in society determines the type of entrepreneurship.”
Socio-cognitive traits and entrepreneurship: The moderating role of economic institutions (2019, methodology): “19 provide incentives for economic agents to engage in alternative activities (Baumol, 1990; Sobel, 2008), we expect that people who are alert to potential business opportunities will be less likely to start a new business when economic freedom is low.”
Cross‐Country Determinants of Early‐Stage Necessity and Opportunity‐Motivated Entrepreneurship: Accounting for Model Uncertainty (2018, positive): “Institutions can also influence the distribution of entrepreneurial talent to different sectors of the formal and informal economies by shaping the relative rates of return from various productive activities, such as innovation, or unproductive ones, such as lobbying (Baumol 1990; Sobel 2008).”
How economic freedom affects opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship in the OECD countries (2017, background): “In this line, Sobel (2008) confirms Baumol's theory and asserts that better institutions have both more productive entrepreneurship and also less unproductive entrepreneurship.”
The interaction of entrepreneurship and institutions (2010, positive): “5 Sobel (2008) finds empirical support for Baumol’s theory.”