The Ease of Doing Business Index as a tool for investment location decisions

Ricardo Pinheiro-Alves and J. Zambujal-Oliveira ()

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 1, 66-70

Abstract: The Ease of Doing Business Index is widely used by multinationals in their investment location decisions. Factor analysis and Chronbach’s alpha show its limited consistency and descriptive power of the business environment.

Keywords: Factor analysis; Alpha of Chronbach; Business environment; FDI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C38 F21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Working Paper: The Ease of Doing Business Index as a Tool for Investment Location Decisions (2011)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.026

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