Over recent years, both governments and international aid organizations have been devoting large amounts of resources to “simplifying” the procedures for setting up and formalizing firms.

My paper “Pitfalls to Avoid when Measuring Institutions: Is Doing Business Damaging Business?” (Jounal of Comparative Economics, 2007, 35[4], 729-47), analyzes the methodology of the Doing Business indicators in this area and … →