The impact of business environment reforms on new firm registration (English)

This paper uses panel data on the number of new firm registrations in 91 countries to study how the ease of registering a business and the magnitude of registration reforms affect new firm registrations. The authors find that the costs, days and procedures required to start a business are important predictors of the number of new firm registrations. However, they find that small reforms, in general less than a 40 percent reduction in procedures or...

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Klapper,Leora;

Love,Inessa;
Document Date
2010/12/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5493
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2012/10/15
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The impact of business environment reforms on new firm registration
Keywords
Finance & Private Sector Development

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Klapper,Leora; Love,Inessa.

The impact of business environment reforms on new firm registration (English). Impact Evaluation series ; no. IE 49|Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5493 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/937781468182676892

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