The evidence base regarding the impact of regulation on small-business performance is
reviewed. The substantive findings of various studies and their methodological approaches
are critiqued. Many studies suffer from inadequate conceptualisation of 'regulation'and
methodological shortcomings, and fail to investigate the causal mechanisms through which
regulation contributes to business-performance outcomes. In some cases, they positively
encourage superficial and misleading results. More sophisticated approaches, using …

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