Economics Research

Abstract Doing business improvement influence on economic growth with increase entrepreneurship, investment, property right and decrease production cost, price of domestic production, informal sector, fiscal corruption, smuggled goods. In this paper, factors affecting economic growth, especially doing business, have been analyzed using panel data models for 68 countries during 2003 ! 2006. Results show weakness on seven components of doing business; i.e, Closing a business, Registering property, Paying taxes, Trading across borders, Enforcing contracts, Employing workers and Starting a business have negative effect  on economic growth. Three other components  of doing business; i.e, Dealing with licenses, Getting credit and Protecting investors have not expected effects on economic growth.