Data/hora: 11/06/2024 03:25:19

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Informality, Size, and Regulation: Theory and an Application to Egypt
Autores: | Giugale,   Marcelo M.; El-Diwany,   Sherif.
Data: | 2006-07-31
Ano: | 1997
Palavras-chave: | Informality; Size Regulation; Egypt; Hide-Outs; Agricultural and Food Policy; O17; L11; L51.
Resumo: | The paper shows how, when the enforceability of regulations is size-sensitive, price competition can lock firms into informality and, thus, smallness, depending on the form of the production function.  In that context, exogenours "help"packages targeted to informal firms "promote" micro and small enterprises (i.e., increase their numbers) but do not "develop" them (i.e., foster their growth).  The "help" only generates a short-term span of abnormal profits for existing informal firms, and a long-term income transfer toward informal-market consumers.  The model is tested in the context of Egypt's micro and small enterprise sector.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

23190

http://purl.umn.edu/18542

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

Iowa State University&gt;Center for Agricultural and Rural Development&gt;CARD Working Paper Series

CARD Working Paper 97-WP 185

Formato:

30

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