Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33753 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2150
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We model entry by entrepreneurs into new markets in developing economies with regulatory barriers in the form of licence fees and bureaucratic delay. Because laissez faire leads to 'excessive' entry, a licence fee can increase welfare by discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a licence fee, bureaucratic delay creates a strategic opportunity, which can result in both greater entry by first movers and a higher steady-state number of firms. Delay also leads to speculation, with entrepreneurs taking out licences to obtain the option of immediate entry if they later observe the industry to be profitable enough.
Subjects: 
entry
entry barriers
developing economy
JEL: 
L50
O14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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