Uneven Regulation and Economic Reallocation: Evidence from Transparency Regulation

86 Pages Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last revised: 17 Nov 2022

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Matthias Breuer

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Accounting, Business Law & Taxation

Patricia Breuer

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)

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Date Written: November 2022

Abstract

We investigate the impact of uneven transparency regulation across countries and industries on the location of economic activity. Using two distinct sources of regulatory variation—the varying extent of financial-reporting requirements and the staggered introduction of electronic business registers in Europe—, we consistently document that direct exposure to transparency regulation is negatively associated with the focal industry’s economic activity in terms of inputs (e.g., employment) and outputs (e.g., production). By contrast, we find that indirect exposure to supplier and customer industries’ transparency regulation is positively associated with the focal industry’s economic activity. Our evidence suggests uneven transparency regulation can reallocate economic activity from regulated toward unregulated countries and industries, distorting the location of economic activity.

Keywords: Regulation, Reallocation, Transparency, Disclosure, Supply Chain

JEL Classification: K22, L51, M21, M41, M48

Suggested Citation

Breuer, Matthias and Breuer, Patricia, Uneven Regulation and Economic Reallocation: Evidence from Transparency Regulation (November 2022). LawFin Working Paper No. 43, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3683033 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3683033

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Patricia Breuer

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