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In the name of entrepreneurship? : the logic and effects of special regulatory treatment for small business / Susan M. Gates, Kristin J. Leuschner, editors

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Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 341 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Gates, Susan M., 1968- and Leuschner, Kristin
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Language Note
English.
Restrictions on Access
Open Access Unrestricted online access
Contents
Introduction -- The impact of regulation and litigation on small businesses and entrepreneurship: an overview / Llyod Dixon [and others] -- State health-insurance mandates, consumer-directed health plans, and health savings accounts: are they a panacea for small businesses? / Susan M. Gates, Kanika Kapur, Pinar Karaca-Mandic -- Small businesses and workplace fatality risk: an exploratory analysis / John Mendeloff [and others] -- Sabanes-Oxley's effects on small firms: what is the evidence? / Ehud Kamar, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Eric Talley -- Do the owners of small law firms benefit from limited liability? / John A. Romley, Eric Talley, Bogdan Savych -- Data resources for policy research on small businesses / Amelia Haviland, Bogdan Savych -- Conclusions -- Appendix: A. Criteria used to define small business in determining thresholds / Ryan Keefe, Susan M. Gates, Eric Talley -- B. Methodolgy for analysis of small businesses and workplace fatality risk / John Mendeloff [and others] -- Regression analysis for analysis of small businesses and work place fatality risk / John Mendeloff [and others] -- Firms' reasons to go private or go dark after Sarbanes-Oxley / Ehud Kamar, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Eric Talley.
Summary
There has been ongoing concern that some regulations, rules, and government policies place a disproportionate burden on small businesses and entrepreneurs. For this reason, small businesses often receive special regulatory treatment, such as exemptions from legislation or extended deadlines for compliance. However, the desire to support small businesses can come into conflict with the interest in addressing the concerns that led to the regulation or policy in the first place. Moreover, it is often unclear whether special regulatory treatment for small businesses is having the intended effect. This book sheds light on these issues through analysis of the regulatory and public policy environment with regard to small businesses, including focused studies in four key areas: health insurance, workplace safety, corporate governance, and business organization. The authors offer support for the idea that the regulatory environment has a different effect on the behavior of small businesses than it has on that of large ones. However, they also demonstrate that policies designed specifically to help small businesses do not always have the intended effect. The lack of a consistent definition of small business confounds our understanding of these issues. The book suggests possible directions for future policy that achieves a better balance between the interest in restricting firm behavior through regulation and the desire to encourage small businesses and entrepreneurs.
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ISBN
9780833043955 (electronic bk.)
0833043951 (electronic bk.)
128143020X
9781281430205
9786611430207
6611430202
9780833042040 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0833042041 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-341).
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