Book review: André Nijsen,John Hudson,Christoph Müller,Kees van Paridon and Roy Thurik (eds),Business regulation and public policy: The costs and benefits of compliance,New York: Springer 2009;336 pp.: 9780387776774,£90.00 (hbk)

Cable V. ( 2009) The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and What it Means . London: Atlantic Books.

Kitching J. ( 2006) A burden on business?: Reviewing the evidence base on regulation and small business performance. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 24: 799-814.

Kitching J. ( 2007) Is less more?: Better regulation and the small enterprise . In: Weatherill S (ed.) Better Regulation. Oxford: Hart .

Small Business Research Centre (SBRC) (2008 ) The Impact of Regulation on Small Business Performance, Report for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Available at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/bbf/enterprise-smes/research-and-statistics/research-evaluation/globally-competitive/page38372.html .

World Bank (2008) Doing Business in 2009. Available at: http://www.doingbusiness.org/Documents/FullReport/2009/DB_2009_English.pdf.