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Populist Discourse and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Political Ideology and Institutions
Daniel L. Bennett, Christopher J. Boudreaux, Boris N. Nikolaev
Using institutional economic theory as our guiding framework, we develop a model to describe how populist discourse by a nation's political leader influences entrepreneurship. We h…
Weathering the Storm: How Foreign Aid and Institutions Affect Entrepreneurship Following Natural Disasters
Christopher Boudreaux, Anand Jha, Monica Escaleras
This study examines how foreign aid and institutions affect entrepreneurship activity following natural disasters. We use insights from the entrepreneurship, development, and insti…
Social capital and small business productivity: The mediating roles of financing and customer relationships
Christopher Boudreaux, George Clarke, Anand Jha
How does an entrepreneur's social capital improve small informal business productivity? Although studies have investigated this relationship, we still know little about the underly…
Entrepreneurship, Institutions, and Economic Growth: Does the Level of Development Matter?
Christopher J. Boudreaux
Entrepreneurship is often touted for its ability to generate economic growth. Through the creative-destructive process, entrepreneurs are often able to innovate and outperform incu…
The Interdependence of Hierarchical Institutions: Federal Regulation, Job Creation, and the Moderating Effect of State Economic Freedom
David S. Lucas, Christopher J. Boudreaux
Regulation is commonly viewed as a hindrance to entrepreneurship, but heterogeneity in the effects of regulation is rarely explored. We focus on regional variation in the effects o…
When does privatization spur entrepreneurial performance? The moderating effect of institutional quality in an emerging market
Christopher Boudreaux
We explore how institutional quality moderates the effectiveness of privatization on entrepreneurs sales performance. To do this, we blend agency theory and entrepreneurial cogniti…