Finance, informal competition, and expectations: A firm-level analysis
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- Brancati, Emanuele & Di Maio, Michele & Rahman, Aminur, 2022. "Finance, Informal Competition, and Expectations: A Firm-Level Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 15440, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Finance; Informality; Competition; Expectations; MENA countries;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
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