barriers to entry

China’s 2014 business registration reform spurred greater market dynamism by lowering entry barriers, which increased firm turnover and allowed smaller yet more productive entrepreneurs to establish new businesses, boosting overall productivity and g...

High institutional and regulatory barriers make it unusually costly for manufacturing firms to exit in India – discouraging entry, keeping inefficient firms afloat, and lowering productivity.

Barriers to entry facing new firms are a major source of regional economic differences. Removing these barriers can play an important role in economic convergence and growth.

Removing local barriers to entry can be a cost-efficient way to boost aggregate productivity growth in developing countries

Selectively supporting transformative firms is a viable strategy to promote growth where there is less creative destruction