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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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  5. Alberto Chong & Mark Gradstein, 2006. "Is the World Flat? Or Do Countries Still Matter?," RES Working Papers 4488, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  6. Ishita Chatterjee & Ranjan Ray, 2009. "Crime, Corruption and Institutions," Monash Economics Working Papers 20/09, Monash University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  7. Mohammad Amin & Priya Ranjan, 2008. "When Does Legal Origin Matter?," Working Papers 080912, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  8. Junko Koeda & Era Dabla-Norris, 2008. "Informality and Bank Credit: Evidence from Firm-Level Data," IMF Working Papers 08/94, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
  9. Johanna D'Hernoncourt & Pierre-Guillaume Méon, 2008. "The not so dark side of trust: Does trust increase the size of the shadow economy?," Working Papers CEB 08-030.RS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Centre Emile Bernheim (CEB). [Downloadable!]
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