The impact of business regulatory reforms on economic growth

Jamal Haidar ()

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2012, vol. 26, issue 3, 285-307

Abstract: I investigate the link between business regulatory reforms and economic growth in 172 countries. I create a 5year 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.

Keywords: Growth; Reform; Development; Regulations; Doing Business; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O12 O17 O50 P48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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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)
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
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2012.05.004

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