The Impact of Business Environment Reforms on New Firm Registration

The authors use panel data on the number of new firm registrations in 92 countries to study how the magnitude of reforms affects new firm registrations. They find that small reforms, in general less than 40 percent reduction in costs, days, or procedures required for business registration, do not have a significant effect on new firm creation. This suggests that small reforms do not have the intended effect on private sector development. They also find important synergies in multiple reforms of two or more business environment indicators. Finally, they show that countries with relatively weaker business environments require relatively larger reforms in order to impact new firm growth. These results can be helpful to motivate policymakers to make larger, broader reforms.

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Main Authors: Klapper, Leora, Love, Inessa
Format: Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2010-12-01
Subjects:BUSINESS CYCLE, BUSINESS ENTRY, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS, BUSINESS REGISTRATION, BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS, BUSINESS REGULATION, BUSINESSES, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, E-MAIL, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENTREPRENEURS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENVIRONMENTS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, ID, LABOR MARKETS, LIMITED ACCESS, PHONE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PROPERTY RIGHTS, REDUCTIONS IN COSTS, REFORM PROCESS, REFORMS, REGISTRIES, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, RESULT, RESULTS, SALES, STARTUPS, USES, WEB,
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101207133231
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3979
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