Religious minorities and firm ownership in early twentieth-century Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3209910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cihan Artunç (0000-0001-8296-3123, University of Arizona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 979-1007 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ehr.12769 |
| OpenAlex | W2885693084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 62 |
This article examines the composition of firm ownership and entrepreneurship in Egypt between 1910 and 1949 by assembling a novel dataset on multi-owned firms. The evidence supports two main results. First, Muslim participation remained disproportionately low in partnerships but was distinctly high in corporations relative to non-Muslims. Second, Muslim-owned firms were frailer and more likely to experience early exits. The findings are consistent with the view that the region's institutional legacy, such as disparities in physical or human capital, created obstacles for Muslims. When these implications are tested, the findings show that only small-scale Muslim firms had restricted access to capital. The skewness in Muslim firms' entry and start-up size is probably the result of legal distortions introduced by the government, which entrenched a small class of political elites in large-scale firms
Business · Capital (architecture) · Demographic economics · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Human capital · Islam · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Scale (ratio) · Venture capital · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Finance · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Law · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |