The Impact of Business Regulatory Reforms on Economic Growth
Jamal Haidar ()
Working Paper from Harvard University OpenScholar
Abstract:
I investigate the link between business regulatory reforms and economic growth in 172 countries. I create a 5 year dataset on business regulatory reforms from the World Bank?s Doing Business reports. Then, I test the hypothesis that business regulatory reforms increase economic growth, using data on micro-economic reforms. These data do not suffer the endogeneity issues associated with other datasets on changes in economic institutions. The results provide a robust support for the claim that business regulatory reforms are good for economic growth. The paper establishes that, on average, each business regulatory reform is associated with a 0.15% increase in growth rate of GDP.
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Working Paper: The Impact of Business Regulatory Reforms on Economic Growth (2012)
Working Paper: The impact of Business Regulatory Reforms on Economic Growth (2012) 
Working Paper: The Impact of Business Regulatory Reforms on Economic Growth (2012)
Working Paper: The Impact of Business Regulatory Reforms on Economic Growth (2012) 
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