Red tape reduction and firm entry: New evidence from an Italian reform

Monica Amici, Silvia Giacomelli, Francesco Manaresi () and Marco Tonello

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 146, issue C, 24-27

Abstract: We study the impact of a simplification in bureaucratic procedures for starting up a business on firm demographics by exploiting the staggered implementation of a reform. We find that both entry rates and survival probability of new entrants increased.

Keywords: Red tape costs; Firm entry; One-stop shop (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L11 L51 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.06.031

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