@article{Kelly:170886,
      recid = {170886},
      author = {Kelly, Cecelia and Milham, Nick and Douglas, Bob and  Moldrich, Natasha},
      title = {How High is the Step? Regulatory Thresholds and the Growth  and Efficiency of Small Agribusiness Firms in Australia},
      address = {1995-02},
      number = {406-2016-25272},
      pages = {18},
      year = {1995},
      abstract = {Many government regulations and programs operate on the  basis of tiering, that is, the
regulatory conditions change  at certain points. Typically, regulatory thresholds arc  designed
to restrict benefits or to provide an exemption to  a particular class of recipients. It is
hypothesised,  however, that regulatory thresholds may impede certain  scales of business
activity, constrain structural  adjustment and productivity improvement and, hence,  influence
output.
The total number of tiered regulatory  systems that impact on small agribusiness firms is
unknown.  Several such systems arc, however, readily identifiable and  some of these arc
detailed in this paper. While the  marginal costs of crossing some thresholds  appear
substantial the extent of their influence on the  behaviour of small agribusincsses will likely
be  constrained by the objectives, skills and strategies of  individual managers. This paper
comprises a preliminary  exploration of the extent and influence of regulatory  tiering in the
agribusiness sector in Australia.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/170886},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.170886},
}