Abstract “Trade facilitation for the ASEAN Economic Community,” reads the mission statement of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW). This moved closer to becoming reality on 1 January 2018 when four of the six pilot Member States – Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, officially...

Die Politik verfolgt mit einer Reihe an regulatorischen Maßnahmen das Ziel, den Klimaschutz voranzutreiben. Die Wirksamkeit dieser Maßnahmen hängt auch von der Reaktion der regulierten Unternehmen und damit von deren Akzeptanz der Regulierung ab. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die...

Bureaucratic organizational structure (OS) is perceived as an impediment to employees' positive behavior including their knowledge-sharing behavior. This study investigates the role of formal, centralized and hierarchal OS in shaping the knowledge sharing behavior of public employees. It...

An important strand of research in macro-finance investigates which factors impede enterprise investment, and what is their aggregate economic cost. In this paper, we make two contributions to this literature. The first contribution is methodological: we introduce a novel framework to calibrate...

An important strand of research in macro-finance investigates which factors impede enterprise investment, and quantifies their aggregate cost. In this paper, we make two contributions to this literature. The first contribution is methodological: we introduce a novel framework to calibrate...

Corruption has been found to be the most severe obstacle to business operations, according to a recent survey of over 3,000 firms in Myanmar. This paper sets out to understand the structure of corruption through an econometric analysis of this survey. It finds that firms with higher 'ability to...

Citizens confront multiple challenges when attempting to access public services. This article focuses on an aspect yet unaddressed by existing literature on administrative burdens: the complexity of the written language used by government agencies in Latin America. It presents an impact...

Citizens confront multiple challenges when attempting to access public services. This article focuses on an aspect yet unaddressed by existing literature on administrative burdens: the complexity of the written language used by government agencies in Latin America. It presents an impact...

Corruption has been found to be the most severe obstacle to business operations, according to a recent survey of over 3,000 firms in Myanmar. This paper sets out to understand the structure of corruption through an econometric analysis of this survey. It finds that firms with higher 'ability to...