Beck (economics, Tilburg U., the Netherlands) collects 29 of what he considers the seminal papers on the connections between entrepreneurship and development published over recent decades in
such publications as the Journal of Financial Economics, American Economic Review, and Journal of Developmental Economics. The papers are organized into sections concerned with the theory of
entrepreneurship; entrepreneurs, financing constraints, and microfinance; institutional barriers to entrepreneurship; the identity of entrepreneurs; and entrepreneurs, politicians, and
rent-seeking. The papers are methodologically diverse and include theoretical models, cross-country studies, and firm- and household-level studies that utilize both regression analysis and
simulation techniques. Examples of specific topics include an estimated model of entrepreneurial choice under liquidity constraints, entrepreneurship and financial constraints in Thailand,
distinguishing limited liability from moral hazard in a model of entrepreneurship, returns to capital in microenterprises, the impact of microcredit programs on self-employment profits,
migration networks and microenterprises in Mexico, entry regulation as a barrier to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and the evolution of income distributions in Poland and Russia, property
rights and finance, evidence from African firms concerning ethnic ties and the provision of credit, and the role of campaign contributions in political connections and preferential access to
finance. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
