Table 1.

Correlation matrix

No.Variable123456789101112
1Level of entrepreneurial activity1           
2Stigma−0.111          
3Individualism−0.46***−0.091         
4Masculinity0.38**0.41***−0.504***1        
5Uncertainty avoidance0.1330.076−0.552***0.244***1       
6Power distance0.085−0.12−0.75***0.18**0.713***1      
7Environmental munificence0.123−0.120.02−0.018−0.09−0.04      
8Legal system and property rights−0.201**0.120.623***−0.11−0.68***−0.72***0.111    
9Credit market controls−0.39***0.23***0.55***−0.066−0.16**−0.49***0.28***0.37***1   
10Business regulation−0.07−0.16*0.42***−0.09−0.52***−0.47***0.090.65***0.17*1  
11Proportion unemployed0.13−0.27***−0.12−0.020.46***0.30***−0.27***−0.38***−0.36***−0.19**1 
12Tax rates−0.09−0.070.24***−0.16*−0.06−0.17**0.130.46***0.040.27***−0.041

Notes:

***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1. With data being from a number of different sources, eventually there were 15 countries in the final regressions in view of restrictions imposed by missing data. The countries are Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the USA (narrower than Damaraju et al., 2021 in view of stigma measures used)

Source: Table by author Naga Lakshmi Damaraju

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