levels of informality in Latin America. A new survey of micro and small firms enables us to control for a rich set of … provides firms with more information about registration, but is argued to not directly affect profits. We find tax registration … leads to significantly higher profits for the firms that the instrument affects. However, we also find evidence of …

process. Yet, formalization has many facets and shades on the business and labor fronts, and firms may not be able or willing …Too often, academics and policy makers interpret formality as a binary choice and formalization as an irreversible … to formalize all at once. This paper explores the joint process of business and labor formalization, using a unique panel …

Small firms face three serious problems at the same time: (1) high costs of regulation, (2) problems of contract … with these problems some small firms choose to register with official entities, others to participate in private … data from a survey of Mexican microenterprises. The results support most hypotheses, and show that firms obtain more credit …

levels of informality in Latin America. A new survey of micro and small firms enables us to control for a rich set of … provides firms with more information about registration, but is argued to not directly affect profits. We find tax registration … leads to significantly higher profits for the firms that the instrument affects. However, we also find evidence of …

productivity and its determinants in the manufacturing and service sectors in Kenya. As the largest economy in East Africa, it is … communication had a positive but insignificant impact on firms' labour productivity. On the basis of these observations we make a …

representativeness of the respondent firms, the model specification and unobservable country-specific effects may partly account for the …

productivity and its determinants in the manufacturing and service sectors in Kenya. As the largest economy in East Africa, it is … communication had a positive but insignificant impact on firms' labour productivity. On the basis of these observations we make a …

-system epistemology, both descriptive and statistical analysis of a sample of data drawn from UK manufacturing firms is undertaken. It is … business activity. The results show that pricing stability is actively sought, that firms are interested in long-run pursuit of … objectives including goodwill, and that firms set prices with reference to their competitors by following mark-up pricing …

econometric methods to extensive data on innovation and innovative activities in Swedish manufacturing. Knowledge capital, defined … heterogeneity among firms. A number of interesting results emerge. First, the results show that there is a two-way and positive … of output, firm size, capital intensity, entry, merger, partial closure or exit of firms. Second, the elasticity of …