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1 The Formal, the Informal & the Three Entrepreneurs A Look at the Economic Role of Institutions Frédéric Sautet Mercatus Center at George Mason University New Zealand Business Roundtable 19 October 2004 Dr Frédéric Sautet

2 contents institutions entrepreneurship institutions & entrepreneurship: the three entrepreneurs field work studies policy implications 2

3 what I would like to explain 1. institutions: de facto/de jure overlap 2. entrepreneurship: omnipresent but not sufficient 3. institutions drive entrepreneurship: what you get depends on which rules are followed 4. problem is constraining government in its possibility to renege 3

4 institutions: definition institutions? democracy? organizations? institutions are the rules and norms that individuals follow in their daily lives it is also the enforcement characteristics that allow the rules to exist analogy of sport: tennis 4

5 institutions: role provide guidance: shape actions and expectations allow for routines: cognitive short-cuts reduce uncertainty: what guides the actions of others stable and predictable 5

6 institutions: nature distinction at the core of the analysis: formal rules de jure: constitution, legislation informal norms de facto: implicit behavioral social codes accepted by most but written nowhere sport analogy: tennis again (ITF rules ) 6

7 de jure/de facto: overlap? institutions only affect people if enforced formal and informal do not always overlap informal norms informal norms = formal rules formal rules easy and cheap to enforce self-enforced costly to enforce 7

8 best case scenario complete overlap: embeddedness informal norms formal rules 8

9 institutions: change & evolution de facto: culture, tikanga, civic capital, mētis evolves spontaneously but can also be influenced by de jure in the long run (difficult) takes priority in the short run policy often disregards the de facto - stickyness problem 9

10 institutions: change & evolution dual problem: bad de jure ignoring de facto (bad government) bad de facto that cannot be influenced by de jure (sick society) 10

11 entrepreneurship entrepreneurship is about creation and discovery every individual is capable of it to some degree: entrepreneurship is omnipresent alertness to profit opportunities (arbitrage and innovation) 11

12 entrepreneurship price discrepancy apples price $4/kg apples price: $3/kg Market A Market B if transac. and capital costs: $0.60/kg price discrepancy: $0.40/kg cld buy in A sell in B for $3.90/kg pure profit of $0.30/kg 12

13 entrepreneurship the source of changes in knowledge (Crusoe) discovery => capital goods => capital accumulation => growth (prod ty increase) entrepreneurship is necessary (to growth) but not sufficient (Crusoe is alone) 13

14 institutions & entrepreneurship no one can play tennis without rules entrepreneurship cannot exist without institutions whether growth occurs will depend on the source of profits three sources of profit => three types of entrepreneurs 14

15 the first entrepreneur genuine profit => productive entrepreneur productive: positive-sum games (gains from trade maximized) voluntary exchange based on fully defined property rights good overlap 15

16 the second entrepreneur constrained profit => evasive entrepreneur evasive: positive-sum games (but gains from trade cannot be fully exploited) de jure reduces the gains from exchange, informal arrangements, costly to society incomplete overlap 16

17 the third entrepreneur stolen profit => destructive entrepreneur destructive: zero or negative-sum games (no gains from trade) de jure can be manipulated (rent-seeking) or favor public/private predation (expropriation, theft) no overlap (and/or bad de facto) 17

18 the three entrepreneurs Productive entrepreneur Evasive entrepreneur Destructive entrepreneur Profit genuine constrained stolen Gains from trade positive & maximized reduced but positive zero or negative De jure/ de facto overlap, NRE, PR fully defined, accumulation partial overlap, regulation, wasteful, slower growth no overlap, rent seeking bad de facto, no growth 18

19 which entrepreneur do you get? source of profit depends on institutional structure market-preserving institutions 0, 2 out B in renege A commit ex-ante commitment and ex-post predation: tie the ruler s hands 5, 0 3, 6 19

20 Mercatus field work Sustained Prosperity Project at Mercatus: access local knowledge to understand the context of choice (NZ field study) anthropology and ethnography Austrian economics, NIE & public choice apply it to OECD countries 20

21 Mercatus field work Romania: rent-seeking in transition economy Philippines: microfinance Botswana: the natural resource curse? 21

22 policy implications do no harm principle when designing policy: must know the de facto if de facto needs to be changed: must have v. good reasons property rights: always listen to the dogs barking 22

23 policy implications avoid all forms of regulation that reduce (genuine) monetary profit constraining government: it all happens in the long run (Buchanan, Wilkinson) index of economic freedom 23

24 conclusion good policy understands de jure/de facto diff. prosperity depends on productive entrepreneurs productive entrep. depends on genuine profit genuine profit depends on institutions (rules) institutions count! not resources, distance the #1 problem of political economy: the (secular) search for market-preserving institutions 24

25 Mercatus htttp://cafehayek.typad.com/hayek/ 25

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