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What causes firms to hide output? The determinants of informality

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Dabla-Norris, Era
Gradstein, Mark
Inchauste, Gabriela

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Volume (Year): 85 (2008)
Issue (Month): 1-2 (February)
Pages: 1-27
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  1. Junko Koeda & Era Dabla-Norris, 2008. "Informality and Bank Credit: Evidence from Firm-Level Data," IMF Working Papers 08/94, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
  2. David Hauner, 2007. "Benchmarking the Efficiency of Public Expenditure in the Russian Federation," IMF Working Papers 07/246, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
  3. Era Dabla-Norris & Gabriela Inchauste, 2008. "Informality and Regulations: What Drives the Growth of Firms?," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan Journals, vol. 55(1), pages 50-82, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Aureo de Paula & Jose A. Scheinkman, 2007. "The Informal Sector, Third Version," PIER Working Paper Archive 08-018, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, revised 21 May 2008. [Downloadable!]
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