Regulation, Scale, and Growth: Evidence from the United States and India - Dissertation Executive Summary

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper

11 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2013

Date Written: September 1, 2012

Abstract

This dissertation offers insight into the effect of regulation on various aspects of growth and development. Exploiting plausibly exogenous variation generated by deregulatory events, I assess firms’ response to the lifting of size restrictions. In Chapter One, I show that bank branching deregulation increased mortgage lending and home ownership, especially among marginal groups. In Chapter Two, I find that the dismantling of an Indian business regulation constraining investment leads to an increase in firm size, output and productivity.

Keywords: natural experiment, difference-in-differences, home ownership, productivity, mis-allocation

Suggested Citation

Tewari, Ishani, Regulation, Scale, and Growth: Evidence from the United States and India - Dissertation Executive Summary (September 1, 2012). Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2328319 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2328319

Ishani Tewari (Contact Author)

Yale School of Management ( email )

135 Prospect Street
P.O. Box 208200
New Haven, CT 06520-8200
United States

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