Informality and regulations: What drives the growth of firms?

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-82

  Dabla Norris, Era ^a   Inchauste, Gabriela ^a  

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EID: 41449114981     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.imfsp.9450030     Document Type: Article

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