Comparing small business owner and voter beliefs regarding constraints on business growth
| Autor: | Trey Malone, Antonios M. Koumpias |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Commercial policy
Estimation Entrepreneurship Data collection Public economics business.industry 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Small business Competition (economics) 0502 economics and business Estate 050207 economics business Labor union |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. 9:329-341 |
| ISSN: | 2045-2101 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/jepp-03-2020-0012 |
| Popis: | PurposeThis research note compares voter opinions regarding small business entrepreneurial activity to opinions of small business owners and links any divergence in perceptions to realized suboptimal entrepreneurial growth policy.Design/methodology/approachPrimary data collection via best–worst scaling and estimation of linear regression models.FindingsResults suggest that small business owners are less concerned about issues such as foreign competition, estate/death taxes, oil prices and labor union demands but are more concerned with domestic competition, income taxes, regulatory burdens and availability of credit from lenders.Social implicationsThe authors find major discrepancies in opinions about trade policy and business financing, which may lead to policy design that hinders entrepreneurship given evidence that politicians do respond to voters' opinions (Autor et al., 2016).Originality/valueIt represents the first empirical assessment of differences between voter and small business owner perspectives on entrepreneurial policy. An immediate policy implication includes the need to provide additional avenues of communication of entrepreneurs' concerns. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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