"Using a comprehensive database of firms in Western and Eastern Europe, we study how the business environment in a country drives the creation of new firms. Our

Using a comprehensive database of firms in Western and Eastern Europe, the authors study how the business environment in a country drives the creation of new fi

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Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. It provi