Explaining International Differences in Entrepreneurship: The Role of Individual Characteristics and Regulatory Constraints

By Silvia Ardagna, Anna Lusardi. 2008

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Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature (2018, unknown): “Ardagna and Lusardi (2010) measure from the GEM survey that the average entrepreneurship rate is much higher in low- and middle-low income countries (14”
The Impact of Business Environment Reforms on New Firm Registration (2010, unknown): “Previous cross-country studies have found that new firm creation is significantly related to country-level indicators of economic development and growth, the quality of the legal and regulatory environment, ease of access to finance, and prevalence of informality (Wennekers, et al., 2005; Klapper, e”
Institutional polycentrism, entrepreneurs' social networks, and new venture growth (2013, background): “Interventionist regulatory institutions (e.g., overly bureaucratic registration procedures) produce a great deal of institutional inefficiencies that increase entrepreneurs’ transaction and opportunity costs (Ardagna & Lusardi, 2010; Ostrom, 2005b; World Bank, 2010).”
‘Entrepreneurs out of necessity’: a snapshot (2013, result): “Significance levels: *10%, **5%, ***1%. here is in line with results by Ardagna and Lusardi (2008).”
Measuring Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries (2009, background): “7 For more on interpreting this spread, see Acs, Desai and Klapper (2008) and Ardagna and Lusardi (2008).”
Employment Laws in Developing Countries (2009, background): “Ardagna and Lusardi (2008) study the effect of rigid labor regulation on entrepreneurship.”
Self-employment and entrepreneurship in urban and rural labour markets ☆ (2014, background): “(2000) on the role of taxation; and Ardagna and Lusardi (2008), Lazear (2004) and Silva (2007) on the role of skills and individual characteristics.”
Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries (2014, unknown): “For instance, in a recent study, Ardagna and Lusardi (2010) worked with GEM microdata from 37 countries, including eight DCs, and showed that stringent entry regulation, soft contract enforcement rules, and labor market rigidities play an important role in hindering entrepreneurship and…”
Institutions, Latent Entrepreneurship, and Self–Employment: An International Comparison (2012, background): “Ardagna and Lusardi (2008) and Wagner (2007) use fear of failure as a measure of the attitude toward risk and find that entrepreneurs have less fear of failure than non-entrepreneurs.”
Innovation across Europe: how important are institutional differences? (2011, background): “…fact that our final sample is biased towards French civil law countries, which have the tradition of regulating entry of new firms, dispute resolution in courts, and other activities more heavily than do common law countries (Ardagna and Lusardi, 2008; La Porta et al. 1998, Djankov et al. 2002).”
What Do Small Businesses Do? (2011, methodology): “Ardagna and Lusardi (2008) use survey data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to show that individuals who report starting a business because they had a good business opportunity differ demographically from other business owners.”