Essays on entrepreneurship and firm dynamics in emerging markets
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation explores three leading frictions to entrepreneurial behavior and firm dynamics in emerging markets, focusing on the context of Brazil. In the first chapter (joint with Mounu Prem), I study the role of corruption in public procurement, and I find that randomized anti-corruption initiatives have positive effects on local economic activity and on the growth of firms who depend on government relationships. In the second chapter (joint with Mounu Prem and Edoardo Teso), I investigate whether and how political considerations distort hiring decisions within public organizations, and I show that patronage practices lead to a misallocation of talent in the public sector. In the third and final chapter (joint with Shai Bernstein, Davide Malacrino, and Tim McQuade), I characterize how local economic shocks affect the composition of entrepreneurs in the economy, finding that young and skilled individuals are the most responsive to investment opportunities in the non-tradable sector, thus playing a key role for aggregate job creation and productivity growth.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2018; ©2018 |
| Publication date | 2018; 2018 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Colonnelli, Emanuele |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Bloom, Nick, 1973- |
| Degree supervisor | Dupas, Pascaline |
| Thesis advisor | Bloom, Nick, 1973- |
| Thesis advisor | Dupas, Pascaline |
| Thesis advisor | Bernstein, Shai |
| Thesis advisor | Rauh, Joshua |
| Thesis advisor | Seru, Amit |
| Degree committee member | Bernstein, Shai |
| Degree committee member | Rauh, Joshua |
| Degree committee member | Seru, Amit |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Economics. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Emanuele Colonnelli. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Economics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2018. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2018 by Emanuele Colonnelli
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