Do Government Private Subsidies Crowd Out Entrepreneurship?

Although several studies have found a negative relationship between government spending and entrepreneurship, much debate remains regarding the components of government spending responsible for this association. This paper contributes to the litera...

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Main Author:	Islam, Asif
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BUSINESS ECONOMICS CURRENCY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ENERGY SUBSIDIES FISCAL POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH RATE MARKET FAILURE NETWORKS OPPORTUNITY COST PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC GOODS REAL GDP RENT SEEKING SMALL BUSINESS STARTUPS WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19654201/government-private-subsidies-crowd-out-entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18762

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spelling	okr-10986-187622021-04-23T14:03:49Z Do Government Private Subsidies Crowd Out Entrepreneurship? Islam, Asif AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BUSINESS ECONOMICS CURRENCY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ENERGY SUBSIDIES FISCAL POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH RATE MARKET FAILURE NETWORKS OPPORTUNITY COST PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC GOODS REAL GDP RENT SEEKING SMALL BUSINESS STARTUPS WAGES Although several studies have found a negative relationship between government spending and entrepreneurship, much debate remains regarding the components of government spending responsible for this association. This paper contributes to the literature by specifically exploring the relationship between government private subsidies and entrepreneurship. By combining macroeconomic government spending data with individual level entrepreneurship data, the paper finds a negative association between the share of private subsidies and entrepreneurship. However, findings are less straightforward when the analysis delves deeper into the components of private subsidies and their association with different kinds of entrepreneurship. 2014-06-25T21:15:07Z 2014-06-25T21:15:07Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19654201/government-private-subsidies-crowd-out-entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18762 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6917 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BUSINESS ECONOMICS CURRENCY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ENERGY SUBSIDIES FISCAL POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH RATE MARKET FAILURE NETWORKS OPPORTUNITY COST PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC GOODS REAL GDP RENT SEEKING SMALL BUSINESS STARTUPS WAGES
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BUSINESS ECONOMICS CURRENCY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ENERGY SUBSIDIES FISCAL POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH RATE MARKET FAILURE NETWORKS OPPORTUNITY COST PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC GOODS REAL GDP RENT SEEKING SMALL BUSINESS STARTUPS WAGES Islam, Asif Do Government Private Subsidies Crowd Out Entrepreneurship?
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description	Although several studies have found a negative relationship between government spending and entrepreneurship, much debate remains regarding the components of government spending responsible for this association. This paper contributes to the literature by specifically exploring the relationship between government private subsidies and entrepreneurship. By combining macroeconomic government spending data with individual level entrepreneurship data, the paper finds a negative association between the share of private subsidies and entrepreneurship. However, findings are less straightforward when the analysis delves deeper into the components of private subsidies and their association with different kinds of entrepreneurship.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Islam, Asif
author_facet	Islam, Asif
author_sort	Islam, Asif
title	Do Government Private Subsidies Crowd Out Entrepreneurship?
title_short	Do Government Private Subsidies Crowd Out Entrepreneurship?
title_full	Do Government Private Subsidies Crowd Out Entrepreneurship?
title_fullStr	Do Government Private Subsidies Crowd Out Entrepreneurship?
title_full_unstemmed	Do Government Private Subsidies Crowd Out Entrepreneurship?
title_sort	do government private subsidies crowd out entrepreneurship?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19654201/government-private-subsidies-crowd-out-entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18762
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