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Services in the European Union : What Kinds of Regulatory Policies Enhance Productivity?
Iootty, Mariana; Kren, Janez; Van der Marel, Erik - 2016
This paper is the first one to show the effects of services regulations on downstream firms in the goods and services sectors in a multiple-country setting using firm-level data. The study selected a group of countries that are economically relatively services-oriented and show varying degrees...
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How Liberal is Nepal's Liberal Grade Promotion Policy?
Sharma, Dhiraj - 2016
This paper estimates the magnitude of liberal grade promotion in public schools in Nepal by comparing the pass rate in internally administered exams with the pass rate in the district-exam whose scores determine grade transition. The pass rate in the year-end exam is three and a half times as...
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Deregulation and Firm Investment : Evidence from the Dismantling of the License System in India
Kandilov, Ivan T.; Leblebicioglu, Asli; Manghnani, Ruchita - 2016
This paper analyzes analyze the impact of deregulatory reforms in India during the 1990s, which eliminated compulsory industrial licensing, on manufacturing firms' investment decisions. The paper finds an economically and statistically significant positive effect of delicensing on investment. It...
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The Development Impact of Financial Regulation : Evidence from Ethiopia and Antebellum USA
Limodio, Nicola; Strobbe, Francesco - 2016
depositor repayment in bad states. In so doing, financial regulation stimulates bank profits if subsequent deposit growth … empirical tests are presented: 1) a regulation change by the National Bank of Ethiopia in 2011; 2) the introduction of bank … taxes in Antebellum USA (1800-1861). Analyzing bank balance sheets and long-term branch installation, the regulation effects …
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Financial Regulation and Government Revenue : The Effects of a Policy Change in Ethiopia
Limodio, Nicola; Strobbe, Francesco - 2016
Financial regulation affects government revenue whenever it imposes both the mandatory quantity and price of government … bonds. This paper studies a banking regulation adopted by the National Bank of Ethiopia in April 2011, which forces all …
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The Role of Regulation on Entry : Evidence from the Italian Provinces
Bripi, Francesco - 2016
This paper studies the effects of differences in local administrative burdens in Italy in the years 2005–2007 preceding a major reform that sped up firm registration procedures. Combining regulatory data from a survey on Italian provinces before the reform (costs and time to start a business)...
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Review of Logistics Service Regulations for Freight Forwarding Businesses : What Should Be Addressed for a Better Logistics Regulatory Framework?
Watanuki, Maika - 2015
Regulatory frameworks on logistics regulations are often opaque, especially in developing countries, because of the complex nature of logistics services. World Bank client countries have faced difficulty finding the issues that hinder them from improving logistics competence. Therefore, it is...
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Rate of Return Regulation and Emission Permits Trading under Uncertainty
Huang, Tao; Zhang, Fan - 2015
This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of rate-of-return regulation on firms’ emissions compliance behavior when the …-of-return regulation. A wider variation in the permit price and a decline in the regulated rate of return would amplify the asymmetry …
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Business Regulations and Growth
Divanbeigi, Raian; Ramalho, Rita - 2015
Over the past decade, there has been increased interest in improving business regulations, in part because of the increased availability of data that can inform and monitor those improvements. This paper analyzes whether these regulatory changes are linked to economic outcomes. With panel data...
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Charting the Diffusion of Power Sector Reforms across the Developing World
Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh; Foster, Vivien; Moreno, Alejandro - 2017
Some 25 years have elapsed since international financial institutions espoused a package of power sector reform measures that became known as the Washington Consensus. This package encompassed the establishment of autonomous regulatory entities, the vertical and horizontal unbundling of...
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