Independent

predictors

Dependent variables

Cost of starting a business

Cost of property registration

Cost of export

Cost of import

Contract enforcing time

Constant

3.23^***

1.79^*

12.73^***

13.79^***

3.17^***

BR (Brunei)

2.73^***

−1.17^***

0.29

0.46

0.55^***

KH (Cambodia)

4.63^***

0.02

0.45

0.40

1.49^***

CH (China)

1.13^***

0.19

0.23

0.85

−0.72^***

IN (Indonesia)

3.45^***

1.40^***

−0.27

−0.10

1.82^***

LA (Laos)

1.85^***

−1.01^***

−5.87^***

−5.77^***

0.32^***

MA (Malaysia)

2.89^***

0.15

−0.05

0.09

0.21^***

PH (Philippines)

2.6^***

0.80^***

0.33

0.77

0.14^***

TH (Thailand)

1.67^***

0.73^***

−0.24

−1.06

−0.38^***

VN (Vietnam)

2.42^***

−1.38^***

−0.37

0.01

0.28^***

VA (voice & accountability)

−0.29^*

−0.07

0.24

0.52

−0.01

PV (political stability, no violence)

−0.22

0.37^**

−0.39^**

−0.21

0.01

GE (government effectiveness)

0.64

−0.34

−2.71^***

−3.59^*

0.11

RQ (regulatory quality)

−0.15

−0.17

−1.41^***

−1.6^*

−0.02

RL (rule of law)

−1.04^*

0.46

1.27^*

1.23

−0.10

CC (control of corruption)

0.21

−0.41

1.61^***

2.06^***

−0.02

R²

0.91

0.86

0.93

0.76

0.99

Adjusted R²

0.89

0.73

0.91

0.71

0.99

Durbin-Watson

0.79

1.05

1.93

1.42

0.57

F-statistics

16.19^***

16.19^***

70.13^***

17.34^***

781.12^***