Title:

Can Informal Firms Hurt Registered SMEs' Access to Credit?

Authors:

Isabelle Distinguin (U Limoges)
Clovis Rugemintwari (U Limoges)
Ruth Tacneng (U Católica Portuguesa) (U Católica Portuguesa)

Journal:

World Development

Year:

2016

Volume:

84

Pages:

18-40

JEL codes:

D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
E26 - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
O14 - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification and Scope, Age, Profit, and Sales
O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements: Legal, Social, Economic, and Political

DOI:

10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.04.006