across the world, using a set of newly constructed, comprehensive indicators of regulation in a large number of countries in …Regulation is purportedly enacted to serve specific social purposes. In reality, however, it follows a more complex … its justification and objectives, regulation can have potentially significant macroeconomic consequences, by helping or …

the world, and many of them could have been prevented if a prospective market monitoring process backed by the prevailing …

sets. This can be followed by advancing development of more sophisticated solvency regulation, increased use of technical …

The authors present new data on the regulation of the entry of start-up firms in 85 countries. The data cover the …

Countries around the world are liberalizing their telecommunications networks by privatizing incumbent state … data on countries around the world in 1913 and on European countries in 1892-1914 to test the effects of government …

commercialization, rigor of regulation, and the extent of competition. Meaningful interventions in microfinance will require making …

. The authors construct an index that measures the existence of laws and regulation that support mobile banking activity for … laws and regulation in supporting mobile banking. The analysis finds that a supporting regulatory framework is associated …