Entrepreneurship and Development : The Role of Information Asymmetries

This article reviews the literature on the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development and introduces four symposium articles. A common thread is that information asymmetries are important determinants of access to finance in young entrepreneurial firms. Policy recommendations are...

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Main Authors: Klapper, Leora F., Love, Inessa
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13485
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spelling okr-10986-134852021-04-23T14:03:08Z Entrepreneurship and Development : The Role of Information Asymmetries Klapper, Leora F. Love, Inessa access to finance bank financing banking relationships economic development economic growth employment status entrepreneur entrepreneurs exclusion financial access income groups informal financing Information Asymmetries internal funds International Bank loan loan products new market Self-Employment Union This article reviews the literature on the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development and introduces four symposium articles. A common thread is that information asymmetries are important determinants of access to finance in young entrepreneurial firms. Policy recommendations are proposed that would increase the positive role of entrepreneurship in economic development. 2013-05-21T14:58:50Z 2013-05-21T14:58:50Z 2011-10-18 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X doi:10.1093/wber/lhr044 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13485 en_US World Bank Economic Review;25(3) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Africa Latin America
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topic access to finance
bank financing
banking relationships
economic development
economic growth
employment status
entrepreneur
entrepreneurs
exclusion
financial access
income groups
informal financing
Information Asymmetries
internal funds
International Bank
loan
loan products
new market
Self-Employment
Union
spellingShingle access to finance
bank financing
banking relationships
economic development
economic growth
employment status
entrepreneur
entrepreneurs
exclusion
financial access
income groups
informal financing
Information Asymmetries
internal funds
International Bank
loan
loan products
new market
Self-Employment
Union
Klapper, Leora F.
Love, Inessa
Entrepreneurship and Development : The Role of Information Asymmetries
geographic_facet Africa
Latin America
relation World Bank Economic Review;25(3)
description This article reviews the literature on the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development and introduces four symposium articles. A common thread is that information asymmetries are important determinants of access to finance in young entrepreneurial firms. Policy recommendations are proposed that would increase the positive role of entrepreneurship in economic development.
format Journal Article
author Klapper, Leora F.
Love, Inessa
author_facet Klapper, Leora F.
Love, Inessa
author_sort Klapper, Leora F.
title Entrepreneurship and Development : The Role of Information Asymmetries
title_short Entrepreneurship and Development : The Role of Information Asymmetries
title_full Entrepreneurship and Development : The Role of Information Asymmetries
title_fullStr Entrepreneurship and Development : The Role of Information Asymmetries
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurship and Development : The Role of Information Asymmetries
title_sort entrepreneurship and development : the role of information asymmetries
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13485
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