TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Giorgi,Giacomo
AU  - De Giorgi,Giacomo
AU  - Rahman,Aminur
TI  - SME Registration Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Access to Finance
KW  - Business registration
KW  - E-Business
KW  - Economic Theory & Research
KW  - Information campaign
KW  - International Economics & Trade
KW  - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
KW  - Microfinance
KW  - Small and medium enterprises
KW  - Tax authorities
KW  - Tax registration status
KW  - Technology Industry
N2  - Informality is pervasive in developing countries. In Bangladesh, the majority of firms are informal and as such they might not have access to prime markets, while lowering the tax base. The authors implemented an information campaign on registration, including both the step-by-step procedures and the potential benefits from registration. They find that the treatment made firms more aware of the procedures, but had no impact on actual registration. The results point toward potentially low benefits and high indirect costs of registration as the main barriers to formality (e.g. access to markets, taxation, labor and product regulations)
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-6382
ER  -