Democratizing entry: Banking deregulations, financing constraints, and entrepreneurship

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kerr, William R.; Nanda, Ramana
• 署名单位: Harvard University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-405X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.12.003
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 124-149
• 关键词: Banking; financial constraints; entrepreneurship; creative destruction; GROWTH

摘要

We examine entrepreneurship and creative destruction following US banking deregulations using US Census Bureau data. US banking reforms brought about exceptional growth in both entrepreneurship and business closures. Most of the closures, however, were the new ventures themselves. Although we find evidence for the standard story of creative destruction, the most pronounced impact was a massive increase in churning among new entrants. We argue that creative destruction requires many business failures along with the few great successes. The successes are difficult to identify ex ante, which is why democratizing entry is an import ant trait of well-functioning capital markets. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.