Journal article
Quantifying compliance costs of small businesses in New Zealand
New Zealand Economic Papers, Vol.39(1), pp.37-50
2005
Abstract
This paper reports on a small-scale study of the compliance costs of small New Zealand businesses. Participating firms were asked to keep a record of both time spent and expenditure directly incurred over a thirteen-week period. This differs from previous studies that rely on a firm's recall. The results suggest that New Zealand small businesses, on average, spend less time, but a similar amount of money, on compliance than has been indicated in previous studies. A number of firms do perceive compliance to be a major issue, and in some cases this perception prevents firms from expanding.
Details
- Title
- Quantifying compliance costs of small businesses in New Zealand
- Authors
- William R J Alexander (Author) - University of Otago, New ZealandJohn D Bell (Author) - University of Otago, New ZealandStephen Knowles (Author) - University of Otago, New Zealand
- Publication details
- New Zealand Economic Papers, Vol.39(1), pp.37-50
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2005
- DOI
- 10.1080/00779950509558479
- ISSN
- 0077-9954
- Copyright note
- This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in W. Robert J. Alexander , John D. Bell & Stephen Knowles (2005) Quantifying compliance costs of small businesses in New Zealand, New Zealand Economic Papers, 39:1, 37-50, DOI: 10.1080/00779950509558479 as published in the New Zealand Economic Papers 2005 [copyright Taylor & Francis], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00779950509558479
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448609002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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