EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES AND CANDIDATES

Abstract

Doing business attracts the attention of policy makers as its economic impact. It’s now widely accepted the relationship between regulations and economic performance. By making regulations, countries want to attract domestic and foreign investors to their countries to invest and to facilitate doing business. The study's goal is to investigate whether EU membership has an impact on doing business. For this purpose, the Ease of Doing Business Index data used in the analysis phase were published from the World Bank. To investigate EU membership effect on doing business, MANOVA and discriminant analysis were conducted. MANOVA results show that, only getting electricity, getting credit and resolving insolvency factors differ according to EU membership status. Furthermore, the impact of membership status on the resolving insolvency factor is the highest. After MANOVA, discriminant analysis was conducted. The correct classification rate is 87.5%. Discriminant analysis results reveal that resolving insolvency, getting credit, getting electricity, and starting a business are the most effective factors on EU membership, respectively.

Keywords

• EU Membership
• Ease of Doing Business
• Discriminant Analysis

AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ ÜYE VE ADAY ÜLKELERDE İŞ YAPMA KOLAYLIĞI

Abstract

İş yapmak, ekonomik etkisi nedeniyle politika yapıcıların dikkatini çekmektedir. Düzenlemeler ve ekonomik performans arasındaki ilişki artık yaygın olarak kabul edilmektedir. Ülkeler düzenlemeler yaparak yerli ve yabancı yatırımcıları yatırım yapmak için ülkelerine çekmek ve iş yapmayı kolaylaştırmak istemektedir. Çalışmanın amacı, AB üyeliğinin iş yapma üzerinde bir etkisi olup olmadığını araştırmaktır. Bu amaçla analiz aşamasında kullanılan İş Yapma Kolaylığı Endeksi verileri Dünya Bankası'ndan elde edilmiştir. AB üyeliğinin iş yapma üzerindeki etkisini araştırmak için MANOVA ve diskriminant analizi yapılmıştır. MANOVA sonuçları, sadece elektriğe ulaşma, kredi alma ve iflasın çözülmesi faktörlerinin AB üyelik durumuna göre farklılık gösterdiğini ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca, üyelik durumunun iflasın çözülmesi faktörü üzerindeki etkisi en yüksektir. MANOVA'dan sonra diskriminant analizi yapılmıştır. Doğru sınıflandırma oranı %87,5'tir. Diskriminant analizi sonuçları, AB üyeliği üzerinde en etkili faktörlerin sırasıyla iflasın çözülmesi, kredi alma, elektriğe ulaşma ve iş kurma olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

• AB Üyeliği
• İş Yapma Kolaylığı
• MANOVA
• Diskriminant Analizi
• EU Membership
• Ease of Doing Business
• Discriminant Analysis

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