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From the paper age to the electronic age: an electronic business registry reform in Ecuador

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This paper analyzes the short- and long-run effects of implementing an electronic business registry in Ecuador in September, 2014. Using a regression discontinuity in time (RDiT) design jointly with official administrative data, I find an increase in the short-run in the number of new formal firms that ranges from 14% to 18% depending on the outcome studied. In the long-run, the policy implementation increases the number of new formal firms by around 27%. For the entry rate outcome, the results are similar but in less magnitude. In particular, the impact of the policy implementation increases the entry rate by 9.10% in the short-run and 0.91% in the long-run. Overall, this paper supports the idea that reducing red tape and applying new technologies in business registries increase firm entry into the formal economy.

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  • Segundo Camino-Mogro, 2025. "From the paper age to the electronic age: an electronic business registry reform in Ecuador," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2), pages 163-185, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecinnt:v:34:y:2025:i:2:p:163-185
    DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2024.2317303
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