Regulation and growth

被引:233
作者
Djankov, Simeon [1 ]
McLiesh, Caralee [1 ]
Ramalho, Rita Maria [1 ]
机构
[1] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA
关键词
economic growth; business regulations;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2006.03.021
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Using objective measures of business regulations in 135 countries, we establish that countries with better regulations grow faster. Improving from the worst quartile of business regulations to the best implies a 2.3 percentage point increase in annual growth. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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页码:395 / 401
页数:7
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