ENTRY COSTS AND QUALITY OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Transaction costs are the costs to protect property rights. Institutions are shaped in order to control transaction costs in society. Studies have been developed to measure transaction costs both at the macro and microeconomic levels. Entry costs, i.e., the cost to start up a new business are consid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Zylbersztajn, Decio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (MACKENZIE)
Repositorio:RAM. Revista de Administração Mackenzie
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.editorarevistas.mackenzie.br:article/1007
Acceso en línea:https://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/RAM/article/view/1007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Entry costs measurement
Ex-ante and ex-post transaction costs
Transaction costs
Start up costs
Business environment.
Entry Costs Measurement
Transaction costs.
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Sumario:Transaction costs are the costs to protect property rights. Institutions are shaped in order to control transaction costs in society. Studies have been developed to measure transaction costs both at the macro and microeconomic levels. Entry costs, i.e., the cost to start up a new business are considered a proxy for business environment quality, being also interpreted as a proxy to transaction cost measurement. This paper presents new elements in order to amplify the potential of research in business environment, particularly business entry costs. It stresses the limitation related to two theoretical points: first, the near decomposability of one complex transaction, and second, the complementarity between ex-ante and ex-post transaction costs, both related to the methodology adopted to measure business entrance costs.