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Measuring the aggregate effects of simplifying firm creation in Italy

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  • Guzmán González-Torres

    (Bank of Italy)

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A series of reforms passed in Italy in 2010 reduced the expected duration of registration and startup procedures for new businesses. Previous research has found that procedural simplifications of this nature have a positive impact on the selection of firm entry in the short run and consequently on their productive outcomes. These studies, based on natural policy experiments and lacking precise estimates for the duration of the startup process in Italy, are not designed to predict both the long run effects and the aggregate implications of such reforms. Using a general equilibrium framework with heterogeneous firms and households, and micro-level data on Italian households, I provide an estimate for the average startup times in Italy and find that further reforms of similar nature could produce a significant increase in aggregate firm productivity and output—qualitatively in line with previous findings.

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  • Guzmán González-Torres, 2016. "Measuring the aggregate effects of simplifying firm creation in Italy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 365, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdi:opques:qef_365_16
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    1. Mocetti, Sauro & Rizzica, Lucia & Roma, Giacomo, 2021. "Regulated occupations in Italy: Extent and labour market effects," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).

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    Keywords

    firm size distribution; entrepreneurial selection; entry costs; aggregate productivity;
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    JEL classification:

    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law

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