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ajeer-4132	Egu, Mathew E; Chiloane-Phetla, Evelyn G	The Impact of South Africa’s Total Early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity Rate on Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Behavior	2022	21	.pdf	application/pdf	18803	932	44	In other words, just as the TESEA rate in South Africa can be used as a yardstick to measure entrepreneurial activity because it strengthens our hypothetical propositions, we would likewise expect the new firm rate or nascent entrepreneurship rate to have a similar effect. Consequently, during periods of high lending rates, the TESEA rate increases because banks are more willing to lend at high interest rates for profitable purposes to small businesses, which leads to higher rates of return and low risk exposure on these loans.	cache/ajeer-4132.pdf	txt/ajeer-4132.txt