Enterprise creation & anti-commons in developing economies: evidence from World Bank doing business data

Ahmed Driouchi and Karim Malki

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Abstract: Abstract: This paper looks at the tragedy of anti-commons and its implications on enterprise creation in developing economies. The most important features of the anti-commons are captured under a simplified theoretical economic model. The empirical part uses the data from “Doing Business” of the World Bank, to test for the high costs implied by scattered and fragmented decisions related to enterprise creation in developing economies. The attained results show the prevalence of anti-commons in relation to the development of new enterprises in developing economies relative to more developed countries. This points out how anti-commons can limit development and market economies through reducing business and enterprise creation and expansion. Awareness and development of appropriate remedies to anti-commons are among the means to ensure higher economic and social achievements.

Keywords: Anti-commons; Enterprise Creation; Licensing and Costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 D43 D73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-04-16, Revised 2011-07-22
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