Informality and Bank Credit : Evidence from Firm-Level Data /

The paper relies on a firm-level data on transition economies to examine the relationship between informality and bank credit. We find evidence that informality is robustly and significantly associated with lower access to and use of bank credit. We also find that higher tax compliance costs reduce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koeda, Junko
Other Authors: Dabla-Norris, Era
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/094
Online Access:Full text available on IMF