Start up costs, limited enforcement, and the hidden economy

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-224

  Antunes, António R ^a   Cavalcanti, Tiago V de V ^b  

^a BANCO DE PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Inequality; Informal sector; Regulation and corruption

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; COST; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; INFORMAL SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751527816     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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