Contract enforcement and the size of the informal economy

Economic Theory

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-416

  Quintin, Erwan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Informal sector; Limited enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549095152     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-007-0295-7     Document Type: Article

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