Financial Frictions and Firm Informality : A General Equilibrium Perspective /

In this paper we build a model of occupational choice with informal production and progressive income taxation. We calibrate the model to the Brazilian economy to evaluate the impact of removing financial frictions on informality. We find that financial deepening leads to a drop in the size of the i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franjo, Luis
Other Authors: Pouokam, Nathalie, Turino, Francesco
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/211
Online Access:Full text available on IMF