What Determines Firms’ Decisions to Formalize?
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Keywords
Formalization; rural development; rural investment climate; 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
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2010-11-27 (Development)
- NEP-SEA-2010-11-27 (South East Asia)
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