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Government Policy in the Formal and Informal Sectors
Prado, Jr., Jose Mauricio - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), … - 2007
the formal or the informal sector and government policy on taxation and enforcement, given a level of regulation. A static … to operate in the informal sector. I use cross-country data on taxes, measures of informality, and measures of regulation … reducing regulation are almost twice those computed for the policy reform. Finally, distortions associated with informality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005648780
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Secteur non structure "moderne" de yaounde.
E, Demol; G, Nihan - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1982
ILO pub. Article on the urban area economic implications of the modern informal sector in Yaounde, Cameroon - describes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690176
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ENTREPRENEURIAL DRIVE AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN CAMEROON
ACHUA, CHRISTOPHER F.; LUSSIER, ROBERT N. - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 19 (2014) 04, pp. 1450024-1
Cameroon (West Africa), the finding is that the majority, especially st. walker and st. corner informal entrepreneurs, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128005
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Informality, Frictions and Monetary Policy
Batini, Nicoletta; Levine, Paul; Lotti, Emanuela; Yang, Bo - School of Economics, University of Surrey - 2011
How does informality in emerging economies affect the conduct of monetary policy? To answer this question we construct a two-sector, formal-informal new Keynesian closed-economy. The informal sector is more labour intensive, is untaxed, has a classical labour market, faces high credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225983
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Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Presence of Informal Labour Markets
Batini, Nicoletta; Levine, Paul; Lotti, Emanuela; Yang, Bo - 2011
How does informality in emerging economies affect the conduct of monetary and fiscal policy? To answer this question we construct a two-sector, formal-informal new Keynesian closed-economy. The informal sector is more labour intensive, is untaxed, has a classical labour market, faces high credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391677
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The Costs and Benefits of Informality
Batini, Nicoletta; Levine, Paul; Lotti, Emanuela - School of Economics, University of Surrey - 2011
We explore the costs and benefits of informality associated with the informal sector lying outside the tax regime in a two-sector New Keynesian model. The informal sector is more labour intensive, has a lower labour productivity, is untaxed and has a classical labour market. The formal sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805596
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Tax Evasion and the Impact on Economic Growth Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica
Ukaj, Shkendije Demalijaj - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica (2014) 6(6), pp. 18-32
The level of taxation is very important for the development of current and future of a country and fiscal policy should always be considered as an important factor in the behavior of participants and their ability to tax evasion and informality. Government fiscal policies can trigger tax...
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Regulation, awareness, compliance and SME performance in Cameroon's manufacturing and retail sectors
Akinboade, Oludele A.; Kinfack, Emilie - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) 12, pp. 933-950
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the regulation, awareness, compliance and performance of small and … medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Cameroon's Central and Littoral regions, focusing on the manufacturing and retail sectors … registered for tax and those in the manufacturing sector see tax regulation as a burden. Those having opinions that regulation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814503
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Do Remittances Have a Flip Side? A General Equilibrium Analysis of Remittances, Labor Supply Responses and Policy Options for Jamaica
Bussolo, Maurizio; Medvedev, Denis - In: Journal of Economic Integration 23 (2008), pp. 734-764
Econometric analysis established a negative relationship between labor supply and remittances in Jamaica. We incorporate this ex-post evidence in a general equilibrium model to investigate economy-wide effects of increased remittance inflows. In this model, remittances reduce labor force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415570
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Input–Output and General Equilibrium Models for Hull and Humber Region in England
Bhattarai, Keshab - In: Atlantic Economic Journal 35 (2007) 4, pp. 473-490
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005716182