The Regulatory Environment and SMMEs. Evidence from South African Firm Level Data

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The Regulatory Environment and SMMEs. Evidence from South African Firm Level Data

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Neil Rankin () (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

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Neil Andrew Rankin

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The paper specifically examines: labour regulations and their relationship with employment and investment; trade regulations; permits and licences for businesses; visa regulations; the predictability of regulatory application; and the costs of regulation. It also investigates the ways firms respond to regulations. There is evidence that these regulations constrain firm growth, particularly among smaller firms. Labour regulations are not the only type of regulations that have a disproportional effect on smaller firms. Government regulation comes in many forms, such as tax regulation, labour regulation and regulations concerning the import and export of goods. This paper uses data gathered from a number of South African firm-level surveys to investigate how government regulations impact on firms. In many cases firms are asked about the perceived impact of regulations. This places regulation in context.

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Paper provided by University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit in its series Working Papers with number 9605.

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Length: 82 pages
Date of creation: Sep 2006
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Publication status: Published in Working Paper Series by the Development Policy Research Unit, September 2006, pages 1-82
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NEP-AFR-2007-02-24 (Africa)
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Johannes Fedderke & Chandana Kularatne & Martine Mariotti, 2007. "Mark-up Pricing in South African Industry," Journal of African Economies, Oxford University Press, vol. 16(1), pages 28-69, January.

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Shane Godfrey & Jan Theron & Margareet Visser, 2007. "The State of Collective Bargaining in South Africa: An Empirical and Conceptual Study of Collective Bargaining," Working Papers 96106, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit. [Downloadable!]

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