economic reforms. We test this hypothesis using data on microeconomic reforms from the World Bank’s Doing Business database …

but bring future prosperity. We test these hypotheses, using data on micro-economic reforms from the World Bank’s Doing …

We present new data on the regulation of entry of start-up firms in 85 countries. The data covers the number of … are extremely high in most countries. Countries with heavier regulation of entry have higher corruption and larger … have lighter regulation of entry. The evidence is inconsistent with public interest theories of regulation, but supports …