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Governance Matters and Entrepreneurial Activities
Author(s) -
Fereidouni Hassan Gholipour,
Masron Tajul Ariffin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.21494
Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , corporate governance , linkage (software) , language change , politics , business , survey data collection , panel data , control (management) , conceptual model , political stability , panel survey , accounting , economics , political science , demographic economics , management , econometrics , law , finance , art , biochemistry , chemistry , statistics , philosophy , literature , mathematics , epistemology , gene
This study uses Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey data from 40 countries from 2002 to 2008 to examine the linkage between governance matters and entrepreneurial activities. Based on the conceptual model of GEM and by using fixed‐effects panel analysis, the results show that political stability and absence of violence, rule of law, and control of corruption are highly significant determinants of entrepreneurial activities. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.