Are Burdensome Registration Procedures an Important Barrier on Firm Creation? Evidence from Mexico
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- Kaplan, David S. & Piedra, Eduardo & Seira, Enrique, 2007. "Entry regulation and business start-ups : evidence from Mexico," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4322, The World Bank.
- David Kaplan & Eduardo Piedra & Enrique Seira, 2006. "Are Burdensome Registration Procedures an Important Barrier on Firm Creation? Evidence from Mexico," Discussion Papers 06-013, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
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Entry; Registration; Informal Sector; Program Evaluation;All these keywords.
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- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2007-02-17 (Industrial Competition)
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