Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean /

This paper estimates the size of the informal economy for 32 mainly Latin American and Caribbean countries in the early 2000s. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we find that a stringent tax system and regulatory environment, higher inflation, and dominance of the agriculture sector are...

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第一著者: Vuletin, Guillermo Javier
フォーマット: 雑誌
言語:English
出版事項: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
シリーズ:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/102
オンライン・アクセス:Full text available on IMF
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