posted on 2016-11-02, 12:06authored byErkko Autio, Kun FuKun Fu
We investigated the influence of economic and political institutions on the prevalence rate of formal and informal entrepreneurship across 18 countries in the Asia-Pacific region during the period 2001–2010. We found the quality of institutions to exercise a substantial influence on both formal and informal entrepreneurship. One standard-deviation increase in the quality of economic and political institutions could double the rates of formal entrepreneurship and halve the rates of informal entrepreneurship. The two types of institutions had a complementary effect on driving entry into formal entrepreneurship, whereas only direct effects were observed for informal entry.
Funding
This research was supported by the UK Entrepreneurship Research Centre.
History
School
Loughborough University London
Published in
Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Volume
32
Issue
1
Pages
67 - 94
Citation
AUTIO, E. and FU, K., 2014. Economic and political institutions and entry into formal and informal entrepreneurship. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32 (1), pp. 67-94.
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Publication date
2014-05-13
Notes
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10490-014-9381-0.