We present new data on the regulation of entry of start-up firms in 75 countries. The data set contains information on … official costs of entry are extremely high in most countries. Countries with heavier regulation of entry have higher corruption … benevolent regulation, but support the (grabbing hand) view that entry regulation benefits politicans and bureaucrats. …

It is claimed that introducing flexibility in regulation is a sufficient condition for curbing the level of informality … time period 1980-2008 to explore the dynamics between regulation and informal employment. The empirical findings obtained … using Panel Data regression point out that regulation does not significantly affect informality. What matters is the …

In the United States, risk regulation is separated into two components: risk assessment, the scientific or technical …

discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the noncompetitive segments of these industries …

The paper looks at patterns of regulation in service industries and explores their implications for service performance …. Focusing on restrictions to market mechanisms, a map of the state of service regulation in OECD countries is provided, based on … regulation can encourage competition, efficiency and investment in those segments of the service industries where non …

telecommunication regulation model. The major conclusion is that different regions characterize different telecommunications markets and …