Can Enhancing the Benefits of Formalization Induce Informal Firms to Become Formal? Experimental Evidence from Benin

Can Enhancing the Benefits of Formalization Induce Informal Firms to Become Formal? Experimental Evidence from Benin

Governments around the world have introduced reforms to attempt to make it easier for informal firms to formalize. However, most informal firms have not gone on to become formal, especially when tax registration is involved. A randomized experiment...

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Main Authors: Benhassine, Najy, McKenzie, David, Pouliquen, Victor, Santini, Massimiliano
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
informality
small and medium-sized enterprises
small enterprises
regulatory simplification
regulatory reform
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/579081480451260134/Can-enhancing-the-benefits-of-formalization-induce-informal-firms-to-become-formal-experimental-evidence-from-Benin
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25704

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/579081480451260134/Can-enhancing-the-benefits-of-formalization-induce-informal-firms-to-become-formal-experimental-evidence-from-Benin
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25704

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