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Taxes, corruption, and entry

Belitski, M.; Chowdhury, F.; Desai, S.

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M. Belitski

S. Desai



Abstract

Tax policies and corruption are important institutional considerations which can shape entrepreneurship. We investigate how tax rates, and the interaction between corruption and tax rates, influence variations in entry across a panel of 72 countries in the period 2005–2011. We use a series of panel estimations as well as several robustness checks to test these effects, using relevant controls for economic development, the size of the state, and other regulatory and tax policy measures. We find that higher tax rates consistently discourage entry. Further, we find that although the direct influence of corruption on entry is also consistently negative, the interaction influence of corruption and tax rate is positive. This indicates that corruption can offset the negative influence of high taxes on entry. We discuss the implications of our findings for policymakers and future research.

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Belitski, M., Chowdhury, F., & Desai, S. (2016). Taxes, corruption, and entry. Small Business Economics, 47(1), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-016-9724-y

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 5, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 23, 2016
Publication Date Jun 30, 2016
Deposit Date Nov 19, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 22, 2019
Journal Small Business Economics
Print ISSN 0921-898X
Electronic ISSN 1573-0913
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 47
Issue 1
Pages 201-216
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-016-9724-y
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1283086

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