Ownership Anonymity. What Is the Effect on Company Formation?

Type Journal Article - Public Disclosure Authorized
Title Ownership Anonymity. What Is the Effect on Company Formation?
Author(s)
Issue 339
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
URL http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/08/23/000333037_20130823​111404/Rendered/PDF/806110JRN0View0Box0379812B00PUBLIC0.pdf
Abstract
Is it possible to register a limited liability company anonymously?
According to data from the 2012 World Bank Entrepreneurship
Database, a majority of the economies surveyed require the name of
the principal owner of a limited liability company at the time of
registration. But a large share of the economies do not require
further proof of the identity of the person listed as the principal
owner. Analysis of the data finds a positive relationship between
greater ownership anonymity and new firm registrations.

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