REGULATORY RED TAPE AND PRIVATE FIRM PERFORMANCE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: de Jong, Gjalt; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen
• 署名单位: University of Groningen; Tilburg University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12098
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 34-51
• 关键词: response rates; mail surveys; perceptions; strategies; Managers; ecology; working; MODEL; LAW

摘要

Regulation may obstruct dynamic adaptation, innovative power, and entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, regulation could be interpreted as a phenomenon which society just has to learn to live with, and which otherwise does no real economic harm. This article explores both of these hypotheses. We study the impact of three dimensions of regulatory red tape on the performance of private companies: regulation cost, regulation change, and regulation inconsistency. We analyse unique survey data from 530 Dutch private companies. The results show that regulation cost, inconsistency, and change limit sales turnover growth, and that regulation change hampers market competition performance.