Quantifying compliance costs of small businesses in New Zealand

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• This research was supported by an Otago School of Business Research grant. We would like to express our appreciation to all participants in the survey for their time and patience. Thanks are also due to Kate Turnbull for excellent research assistance. An earlier version of this paper was presented at a New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation (ISCR) seminar (Wellington, June 2004), the New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference (Wellington, June 2004), the New Zealand Treasury (October 2004) and the University of Auckland's Economics Seminar Series (October 2004). We are grateful to participants for the many helpful comments received. Thanks also to Bob Buckle, Stephen Dobson, Stephen Summers, Paul Hansen and Dorian Owen for helpful comments on a previous draft.
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