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In developing economies, which aim to join the European Union in the upcoming future, entrepreneurial endeavors are important and defining for their economic growth. Most of the time, potential investors are incentivized to choose a particular market through tax benefits, tax exemptions, streamlined registration procedures, tax systems and less red tape. By means of panel data modeling, we investigated the relationship between entrepreneurship and taxation-related matters on a sample of six economies from the Western Balkans region during the period 1991‒2021. Overall, empirical results showed that increasing registration costs hindered the creation of new businesses in the region. Still, if other taxes payable by businesses increased while authorities provided substantial tax reliefs, the creation of new companies would continue. At national level, we found that taxation often fuels entrepreneurship and improves new business density rates. Relevant policy implications are also addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this study is to investigate the role of market information on the quality of the relationship between farmers and their buyers, and also plans for future activities in a farm. Although there is research which sheds light on the role of communication and shared information between the trading partners, yet there is a need to provide sound evidence that brings more clarity to the role of market information in different aspects of trading relationships. Primary data are collected and analysed with the aim to test the above linkages. 403 complete questionnaires have been collected in different agribusiness areas in Albania. To test the mentioned relationships, partial least squares method of structured equation modelling (PSL-SEM) was used. Reliability, discriminant and path analyses were done. The results show that market information positively affects the relationship quality (satisfaction, commitment and trust), while plans for future activities are influenced by farmer’s commitment, trust, and age, and also incomes from agricultural activities. This work contributes to the existing literature, in particular in the agribusiness field, by offering extra evidence from a developing country context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]