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Does decentralization affect local entrepreneurial capacity?

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  • Marc Garcia-Ruiz

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.)

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In recent decades, decentralization has become a prominent topic in both academic and political discussions, with research increasingly focusing on its implications for economic development. This paper explores a specific facet of this debate by examining how decentralization influences business creation and the survival of new enterprises at the local level. By leveraging a panel dataset covering regions across multiple countries, we assess whether decentralization promotes entrepreneurship and sustains new businesses, particularly through the mediating role of institutional quality. Our findings suggest that while decentralization encourages business creation, it may reduce short-term firm survival rates. Additionally, strong institutional quality seems to amplify decentralization's positive effect on entrepreneurship and mitigate its adverse impact on the survival rate.

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  • Marc Garcia-Ruiz, 2024. "Does decentralization affect local entrepreneurial capacity?," IREA Working Papers 202413, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Feb 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:ira:wpaper:202413
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    Keywords

    Local Economies; Decentralization; Entrepreneurship. JEL classification: L26; O43; O52; R11.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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