Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean

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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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Main Author: Vuletin, Guillermo Javier (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/08/102.
Subjects:
Caribbean.
Latin America.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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