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Regulation and macroeconomic performance
Loayza, Norman - 2005
"Regulation is purportedly enacted to serve specific social purposes. In reality, however, it follows a more complex … its justification and objectives, regulation can have potentially significant macroeconomic consequences by helping or … Serven provide an empirical analysis of the macroeconomic impact of regulation. They first characterize the stylized facts on …
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Regulatory instruments and their effects on investment behavior
Burns, Phil - 2004
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Promoting access to primary equity markets : a legal and regulatory approach
Grose, Claire - 2006
"This paper examines legal and regulatory measures that can be taken to promote access to the primary market in emerging market economies. While capital market development depends on many factors including, primarily, a favorable macroeconomic environment, an appropriately designed and effective...
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Regulation of fixed income securities markets in the United States
Friedman, Felice B. - 2004
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Lessons for Reformers : How to Launch, Implement, and Sustain Regulatory Reform
International Finance Corporation - 2009
This paper focuses on core aspects of the political economy of reform, drawing on case studies of three economies transitioning to stronger business environments (Hungary, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico) and three countries with well-developed business environments (Australia, Italy, and the...
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Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States
World Bank - 2013
Changes in demographics and patterns of investment in human capital are creating opportunities for international trade in professional services. As populations in rich countries age, developing countries are seeing an increase in the proportion of working-age people. At the same time, the...
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A review of regulatory instruments to control environmental externalities from the transport sector
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2009
"This study reviews regulatory instruments designed to reduce environmental externalities from the transport sector. The study finds that the main regulatory instruments used in practice are fuel economy standards, vehicle emission standards, and fuel quality standards. Although industrialized...
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Avoiding the Fiscal Pitfalls of Subnational Regulation : How to Optimize Local Regulatory Fees to Encourage Growth
International Finance Corporation - 2011
Since investment climate reforms in developing countries started gaining traction in the 1990s, most efforts have focused on issues at the national level, achieving varying degrees of success for reasons that are relatively well understood. This handbook provides an overview of efforts and...
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Crashes, Bailouts, Regulations
World Bank - 2012
With the recent stock market frauds in markets around the world such as the Madoff case in the U.S. and the recent Satyam fraud in India, no nation can hold its head high and claim to have good corporate governance. The reality is that the problems of fraud, faulty audits, misleading accounts,...
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Removing Regulatory Barriers to Competition
World Bank - 2021
inclusive way for the poorest households. Kosovo has made significant progress towards pro-competition regulation of product … markets but there is still significant room for improvement. Although the product market regulation (PMR) indicators are …
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