A survey on institutions and new firm entry: How and why do entry rates differ in emerging markets?

Economic Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-308

  Estrin, Saul ^a   Prevezer, Martha ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Emerging markets; Entry rates; Formal and informal institutions; New firm entry and exit

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954540385     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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