1 “... or find it costly to borrow externally. This paper hypothesizes that financial constraints magnify...”

2 “... but neglected element of the business climate. The analysis finds that the quality of tax administration...”

3 “... countries implies that such countries may find it harder to reach a consensus on growth-enhancing anti...”

4 “... that corruption impedes productivity more at higher levels of regulation. The analysis finds that there is a...”

5 “... finds a strong positive relationship between a nondiscrimination in hiring clause and women' relative...”

6 “... adult mortality rates. Using panel data for about 95 economies between 1990 and 2012, the analysis finds...”

7 “... finds a large, positive, and statistically significant relationship between the two. According...”

8 “..., computer use is as high as 40 percent. Using this data the author finds labor regulation as an important...”

9 “.... manufacturing, the finding is entirely driven by retail firms, with little contribution from other service...”

10 “... across 104 economies, the study finds that unequal laws not only discourage women's participation...”

11 “... finds a large, positive effect of regulatory burden on corruption. For the baseline results, the bribery...”

12 “... estimate the effect of human capital endowment on the performance of the state economies. They find...”

13 “... the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to identify the sources of the productivity gap. It finds that the endowment...”

14 “... finds such laws undesirable. Thus, less favorable treatment of illegal immigrants, as in California...”

15 “... we analyze the effect of labor regulation on employment at the store level. We find that stricter...”

16 “... social cost and the dynamics of learning by migrants. They find that unilateral migration policies...”

17 “... for relatively poor and larger countries. One interpretation of this finding is that richer countries that have...”

18 “... nonlinear relationship between import costs and imports. These findings are important, as recent studies...”

19 “..., with the relatively rich countries showing no such relationship. The findings have important implications...”

20 “... cost of regulatory compliance. These findings are robust to a range of firm and country characteristics...”