The Effect of Ease of Doing Business on Firm Creation

• Main Author: Canare, Tristan A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Ease of doing business; Cost of doing business; Firm creation; System GMM; Panel data; Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/61; http://aeconf.com/Articles/Nov2018/aef190207.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper looked at the effect of ease of doing business on firm creation. Using a nine-year panel data of about 120 countries from the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Reports, results suggest that overall ease of doing business has a positive effect on business creation. This relationship is m...