Spatial drivers of firm entry in Iran

Iman Cheratian, Saleh Goltabar and Carla Calá
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Saleh Goltabar: Academic Center for Education, Culture, and Research (ACECR) on Tarbiat Modares University

The Annals of Regional Science, 2021, vol. 66, issue 2, No 10, 463-496

Abstract: Abstract Given the importance of entry promotion to prompt economic growth and promote structural transformation, this paper investigates the regional determinants of firm entry in the 30 Iranian regions, considering four different sizes—micro, small, medium, and large—over 2000–2015. Using a new and unique database, we estimate different spatial econometric models, which take into account three types of spatial interaction effects. We find that firm entry is related to some regional characteristics, but the relationship is not homogeneous across firms of different size. We also find that most types of firms are influenced by the negative effect of economic sanctions during the sample period.

JEL-codes: L26 M13 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Working Paper: Spatial drivers of firm entry in Iran (2021)
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