Court-ship, kinship and business: a study on the interaction between the formal and the informal institutions and its effect on entrepreneurship
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- Chakraborty, Tanika & Mukherjee, Anirban & Saha, Sarani, 2015. "Court-ship, Kinship and Business: A Study on the Interaction between the Formal and the Informal Institutions and Its Effect on Entrepreneurship," IZA Discussion Papers 8887, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Informal network; Court; Formal institution; Entrepreneurship;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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