What causes firms to hide output? The determinants of informality

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-27

  Dabla Norris, Era ^a   Gradstein, Mark ^b,c,d,e   Inchauste, Gabriela ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

^e CESifo ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Informal sector; Legal system

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FINANCIAL MARKET; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMAL SECTOR; LEGAL SYSTEM; MARKET DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 35748956399     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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