Obstacles of Doing Business in Province of Zanjan

Meidari, Ahmad; Nassiri Aghdam, Ali; Mortezavi Far, Zeinab

doi:10.22059/jte.2013.35815

Obstacles of Doing Business in Province of Zanjan

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Research Assistant Professor in Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran

² Research Assistant Professor in Development Studies Institude of Jahad-e Daneshgahi, Tehran, Iran

³ Researcher in Development Studies Institude of Jahad-e Daneshgahi, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jte.2013.35815

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate obstacles of doing business in province of Zanjan. For this purpose, three complementary methods are used: first, surveying the business environment from the businessmen’s perspectives, using "Enterprise Survey" questionary; second, studying realized indices of business environment; and third, evaluating investors’ complaints submitted to Investment Committee of Province. Results indicate that existence of land opponents; complicatedness of dealing with permits; difficulty of getting credit; disputes between business owners and authorities of social security organization; and irregular import of Chinese products are the main obstacles of investment in zanjan.
JEL Classification: D23 and R58.

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