Institutions and entry: A cross-regional analysis in Russia

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We analyse a micro-panel data set to investigate the effect of regional institutional environment and economic factors on Russian new firm entry rates across time, industries and regions. The paper builds on novel databases and exploits inter-regional variation in a large number of institutional variables. We find entry rates across industries in Russia are not especially low by international standards and are correlated with entry rates in developed market economies, as well as with institutional environment and firm size. Furthermore, industries that, for scale or technological reasons, are characterised by higher entry rates experience lower entry within regions affected subject to political change. A higher level of democracy enhances entry rates for small sized firms but reduces them for medium or large ones.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5504

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis ; Entrepreneurship ; Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
• Subject: entry rate ; institutions ; democracy ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Demokratie ; Markteintritt ; Russland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bruno, Randolph Luca ; Bytchkova, Maria ; Estrin, Saul
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51712
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104113772
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET