Does It Pay Firms to Register for Taxes? The Impact of Formality on Firm Profitability
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- McKenzie, David & Seynabou Sakho, Yaye, 2010. "Does it pay firms to register for taxes? The impact of formality on firm profitability," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(1), pages 15-24, January.
- McKenzie, David & Sakho, Yaye Seynabou, 2007. "Does it pay firms to register for taxes ? the impact of formality on firm profitability," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4449, The World Bank.
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Keywords
tax registration; entrepreneurial ability; informal sector;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2007-11-24 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-DEV-2007-11-24 (Development)
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