Informal competition : firms’ productivity and policy reforms in Egypt
Joint Authors
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 979-1073 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-33, 33 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
33
Main Subjects
Economics & Business Administration
Abstract EN
This paper investigates the effect of the competition stemmed from informal firms on formal firms’ productivity in Egypt.
Using the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys, we update the twostep methodology of Guiso et al.
(2004) to build a regional indicator of informal competition intensity.
Our estimation reports a positive effect of this indicator on formal firms’ productivity that remains valid to the instrumental variable approach and to multiple robustness check.
This result is subject to factors accounting for the characteristics of the firm and is segmented by formal firms’ size.
We also identify informal firms’ cost advantage as the main channel through which this effect occurs.
Our results call on the importance of tax reforms and effective regulation to be implemented in Egypt.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ali, Nismah& Najman, Boris. 2016. Informal competition : firms’ productivity and policy reforms in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2016, no. 979-1073, pp.1-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-701208
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ali, Nismah& Najman, Boris. Informal competition : firms’ productivity and policy reforms in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 979-1073 (Dec. 2016), pp.1-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-701208
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ali, Nismah& Najman, Boris. Informal competition : firms’ productivity and policy reforms in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 979-1073, pp.1-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-701208
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 20-33
Record ID
BIM-701208