labor markets, even though regulation generates lower employment and income. Empirically, we do find that individuals who … for labor market regulation. Both results suggest that labor market regulations have deep cultural roots …

Regulation of economic activity is ubiquitous around the world, yet standard theories predict it should be rather … uncommon. I argue that the ubiquity of regulation is explained not so much by the failure of markets, or by asymmetric … accounts for the ubiquity of regulation, for its growth over time, as well as for the fact that contracts themselves are …

the heterogeneity of the effect of entry, contract enforcement regulation, and financial development on both the decision … the level of regulation and financial development and some individual characteristics that are important determinants of … entrepreneurship, such as gender, business skills, and social networks. We find that entry regulation moderates the effect of business …