Research

I study how institutions and organizations shape entrepreneurship.

1. The institutional determinants of entrepreneurship. How policies, regulations, norms, and organizations shape who becomes an entrepreneur.

2. The consequences of entrepreneurship. How entrepreneurship shapes careers, mobility, inequality, and society.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Cultural Norms and the Gendered Impact of Entrepreneurship Policy in Mexico

Administrative Science Quarterly, 69(4), 1006–1043 · 2024

Raines, Grady, Peter Polhill, Shon Hiatt, and Ryan Coles

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Refugees at the Door: Initial Funding Partners and New Venture Performance in a Changing Emerging Market

Strategic Management Journal · 2025

Coles, Ryan, Shon Hiatt, Grady Raines, and Wesley Sine

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Working Papers

Access to Capital and Exits from Entrepreneurship

Working Paper · 2026

Grady Raines and Peter Polhill

How Social Upheaval Shaped Hiring Practices

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Aharon Mohliver and Grady Raines

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A Field Experiment on Neighborhood Disadvantage and Ethnicity in Entrepreneurial Finance

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Grady Raines, Peter Polhill, and Wesley Sine

2024 AOM OMT Best Paper Proceedings
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Traditional Gender Norms and the Decline of Women’s Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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Peter Polhill, Grady Raines, and Katie Apker

Other Publications

Institutional Theories of Entrepreneurship

De Gruyter Handbook of Sociology of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Chapter 6, pp. 95–110 · 2025

Sine, Wesley, Grady Raines, and Arkangel Cordero

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