The Ease of Doing Business Index (EDBI) uses 41 variables to compare the business environment of different countries. It is widely used by policy makers, researchers and multinational companies. This paper aims to assess EDBI’s consistency and validity in representing the business environment...

As alterações legais realizadas em Portugal após 2003 visaram simplificar o regime de licenciamento industrial de modo a não desincentivar o investimento das empresas. A aplicação do modelo infinito de filas de espera indica que as mudanças na lei contribuíram para a redução dos prazos...

This paper presents a diagrammatic survey of the standard neo-classical theory of tax competition for foreign direct investment and tax coordination between countries. It has four aims: to give a detailed view of the main theoretical and empirical results; to extract from it some general...

The growing importance of institutions as a determinant of inward FDI has sparked interest in determining their relationship. In the present study, we intended to explore the relationship between the institutional variables of the Doing Business report and inward FDI. The main question is...