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How entrepreneurship could be promoted after the collapse of a socialist economic system

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The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical observations from postcommunist countries to suggest which policy sets applied make most sense for the promotion of micro-enterprises. Three overall conclusions can be drawn. First, an early, comprehensive and radical reform is the superior approach for the promotion of entrepreneurship, because the prevalence of rent seeking interests is so easily established and it is so difficult to break. The second conclusion, however, is that a certain space for small enterprises can be created even in a very corrupt economy dominated by severe rent seeking. A third conclusion is that the Russian deregulation of 2002 represents the worst of all worlds, because all its elements were incremental.

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  • Åslund, Anders, 2012. "How entrepreneurship could be promoted after the collapse of a socialist economic system," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 157-167.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:asieco:v:23:y:2012:i:2:p:157-167
    DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2011.09.003
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    Keywords

    Small enterprises; Postcommunist transition; Economic systems; Tax system; Regulation;
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    JEL classification:

    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
    • H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • P26 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Property Rights

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