International financial integration and entrepreneurship

Alfaro, Laura and Charlton, Andrew (2006) International financial integration and entrepreneurship. CEPDP (755). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK. ISBN 0753020610

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Abstract

We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. Using a unique data set of approximately 24 million firms in nearly 100 countries in 1999 and 2004, we find suggestive evidence that international financial integration has been associated with higher levels of entrepreneurial activity. Our results are robust to using various proxies for entrepreneurial activity such as entry, size, and skewness of the firm-size distribution; controlling for level of economic development, regulation, institutional constraints, and other variables that might affect the business environment; and using different empirical specifications. We further explore various channels through which international financial integration can affect entrepreneurship (a foreign direct investment channel and a capital/credit availability channel) and provide consistent evidence to support our results.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://cep.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 2006 the authors
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification:	G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G18 - Government Policy and Regulation O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O19 - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F21 - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F23 - Multinational Firms; International Business G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G15 - International Financial Markets F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F35 - Foreign Aid
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2008 16:19
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 19:59
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/19796

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