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- Title
Who are Russia's Entrepreneurs?
- Authors
Djankov, Simeon; Miguel, Edward; Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gérard; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina
- Abstract
Social scientists studying entrepreneurship have emphasized three distinct sets of variables: the institutional environment, sociological variables, and personal and psychological characteristics. We are conducting surveys in five large developing and transition economies to better understand entrepreneurship. In this short paper, using over 2,000 interviews from a pilot study in Russia, we find evidence that the three sets of variables matter: perceptions of the local institutional environment, social network effects, and individual characteristics are all important in determining entrepreneurial behavior.
- Subjects
SOCIAL scientists; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; TRANSITION economies; SOCIAL networks; BUSINESS
- Publication
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, Vol 3, Issue 2/3, p587
- ISSN
1542-4766
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/1542476054473314