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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456720203321

Titolo

Business regulation and economic performance [[electronic resource] /] / Norman V. Loayza and Luis Serven, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2010

ISBN

0-8213-8145-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LoayzaNorman

ServenLuis

Disciplina

338.7

Soggetti

Business enterprises

Industrial laws and legislation

Trade regulation

Economic development

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview / Norman Loayza (World Bank) and Luis Servén (World Bank) -- Product market regulation and macroeconomic performance : a review of cross-country evidence / Fabio Schiantarelli (Boston College) -- Regulation and macroeconomic performance across the world / Norman Loayza, Ana María Oviedo (World Bank), and Luis Servén -- Regulation and microeconomic dynamics / Norman Loayza, Ana María Oviedo, and Luis Servén -- Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean / Norman Loayza, Luis Servén, and Naotaka Sugawara (World Bank) -- Slow recoveries / Raphael Bergoeing (U. of Chile), Norman Loayza, and Andrea Repetto (U. of Chile) -- Market reforms, factor reallocation, and productivity growth in Latin America / Marcela Eslava (U. Los Andes, Colombia), John Haltiwanger (U. of Maryland), Adriana Kugler (U. of Houston), and Maurice Kugler (Harvard U.).

Sommario/riassunto

The Schumpeterian process of "creative destruction" is an essential ingredient of a dynamic economy. In many countries around the world, however, this process is weakened by pervasive regulation of product and factor markets. This book documents the regulatory obstacles faced by firms, particularly in developing countries, and assesses their



implications for firm renewal and macroeconomic performance.Combining a variety of methodological approaches -- analytical and empirical, micro and macroeconomic, single- and cross-country --, the book provides evidence that streamlining the regulatory fra