|DB Registering<br>property|Distance to the regulatory frontier in registering property.<sup>a</sup>|Doing Business<br>database|
|---|---|---|
|DB<br>Construction<br>permits|Distance to the regulatory frontier in dealing with construction permits. Records all<br>procedures, times and costs required for a business in the construction industry to<br>build a warehouse.<sup>a</sup>|Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Paying<br>taxes|Distance to the regulatory frontier in paying taxes. Measures the amount of taxes and<br>mandatory contributions that a medium-size company must pay in a given year and<br>assesses the administrative burden associated to making tax payments and<br>contributions.<sup>a</sup>|Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Trading<br>across borders|Distance to the regulatory frontier in trading across borders. Measures the time and<br>cost and the number of required documents associated with exporting and importing a<br>standardized cargo of goods by sea transport.<sup>a</sup>|Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Getting<br>credit|Distance to the regulatory frontier in getting credit. Covers two areas relevant for<br>access to credit for businesses. The first area covered consists in the legal rights of<br>borrowers and lenders with respect to secured transactions. Moreover, the indicator<br>measures the extent to which credit information is shared by looking at the coverage,<br>scope and accessibility of credit information available through public credit registries<br>andprivate credit bureaus.<sup>a</sup>|Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Enforcing<br>contracts|Distance to the regulatory frontier in enforcing contracts. Measures the efficiency of the<br>judicial system in resolving a commercial dispute following the step-by-step evolution<br>of a commercial sale dispute before local courts and factors the total time, cost and<br>number of procedures needed in each country to obtain and enforce the court’s<br>judgment.<sup>a</sup>|Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Resolving<br>insolvency|Distance to the regulatory frontier in resolving insolvency. Measures the time, cost and<br>outcome of insolvency proceedings involving domestic companies.|Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Protecting<br>investors|Distance to the regulatory frontier in protecting investors. The indicator covers 3<br>dimensions of investor protections: transparency of related-party transactions, liability<br>for self-dealing and shareholders’ ability to sue officers and directors for misconduct.<sup>a</sup>|Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Entry/Exit|Distance to the regulatory frontier in the areas of Starting a business and Resolving<br>insolvency.<sup>a</sup>|Authors' elaboration on<br>Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Credit<br>System|Distance to the regulatory frontier in the areas of Getting credit, Enforcing contracts<br>and Resolving insolvency.<sup>a</sup>|Authors' elaboration on<br>Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Legal|Distance to the regulatory frontier in the areas of Getting credit, Enforcing contracts,<br>Protecting investors and Resolving insolvency.<sup>a</sup>|Authors' elaboration on<br>Doing Business<br>database|
|DB Time and<br>Motion|Distance to the regulatory frontier in the areas of Starting a business, Registering<br>property, Construction permits, Paying taxes and Trading across borders.<sup>a</sup>|Authors' elaboration on<br>Doing Business<br>database|

a The data for all sets of indicators in Doing Business for year i refer to the period between June of year i-2 and June of year i-1.

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