Who Fears Competition from Informal Firms? Evidence from Latin America

This paper investigates who is most affected by informal competition and how regulation and enforcement affect the extent and nature of this competition. Using newly-collected enterprise data for 6,466 manufacturing formal firms across 14 countries...

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Main Authors:	González, Alvaro S., Lamanna, Francesca
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS BENCHMARK BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ENTRY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS INDICATOR BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS REGULATIONS BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BUSINESS TO BUSINESS BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS CAPITAL INTENSITY CAPITAL REQUIREMENT CENTRAL AMERICA COMMERCIAL BUSINESS COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS COMPANY COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS CORRELATION MATRIX COST DIFFERENTIALS COST OF ENTRY COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CREDIT CONSTRAINT CREDIT LINES CUSTOMS DEPOSIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY EMAILS EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEY ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEUR EQUIPMENT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNAL FINANCE EXTERNAL FINANCING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRMS FIXED COST FIXED COSTS GDP GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT REGULATION INCOME LEVELS INCOME TAX INFORMAL ECONOMY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB CREATION LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LEGAL PROTECTION LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LICENSE LICENSES LICENSING LIMITED ACCESS LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MENU MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY NATIONAL INCOME OUTPUT OUTPUTS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY FORMULATION POLITICAL STABILITY POWER OUTAGES PRICE COMPETITION PRIVATE ENTITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUALITY OF SERVICES RADIO RED TAPE REGULATORY BURDENS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RESULT RESULTS SAVINGS SMALL FIRMS SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICAN STARTUP SUPPLIERS TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX CODE TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX_RATE TAXATION TELEVISION THIRD WORLD TRANSPORT USERS VENDORS VERIFICATIONS WEB WORLD ECONOMY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8091496/fears-competition-informal-firms-evidence-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7258

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7258

Who Fears Competition from Informal Firms? Evidence from Latin America

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