Does Inducing Informal Firms to Formalize Make Sense? : Experimental Evidence from Benin
Efforts to bring informal firms into the formal sector are often based on a view that this will bring benefits to the firms themselves, or at least benefit governments through increasing the tax base. A randomized experiment based around the introduction of the entreprenant legal status in Benin is...
Main Authors: | Benhassine, Najy, McKenzie, David, Pouliquen, Victor, Santini, Massimiliano |
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Elsevier
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29135 |
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