Taxation, credit constraints and the informal economy

This paper extends Evans and Jovanovic (1989)'s entrepreneurship model to incorporate the informal sector. Specifically, entrepreneurs can operate either in the formal sector – in which they have limited access to credit markets and must pay taxes – or in the informal sector – in which they can...

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Main Authors: Julia P. Araujo, Mauro Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:EconomiA
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1517758016300182