Business regulation and economic performance / / Norman V. Loayza, Luis Serven, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2010]; copyright 2010
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 338.7
• Soggetto topico: Business enterprises; Industrial laws and legislation; Trade regulation; Economic development
• Altri autori: LoayzaNorman ServenLuis
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Business regulation and economic performance
• ISBN: 0-8213-8145-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815043903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.