Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Ph.D. Student in Economics, University of Isfahan
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.
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