Does the Informal Sector thrive under Autocracy or Democracy: The Case of Nepal

dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Sibhaaen
dc.contributor.authorSolomon, O. Helenen
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-09T15:16:35Z
dc.date.available2015-09-09T15:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2014-07
dc.description.abstractOur paper investigates the size and development of the informal sector in Nepal using aggregate data over the period 1991 to 2009. Our estimation using the Multiple Indicator Multiple Cause (MIMIC) model shows that the average size of the informal sector has been about 44%. Nepal has been classified as having a hybrid political regime, so we show the effect that autocracy and democracy has had on the growth of the informal sector. Our results shows that a high degree of autocracy reduced the size of the informal sector by about 2% while greater direct democracy reduced the informal sector by about 10%.en
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dc.identifier.citationSolomon O.H and Shrestha, S. (2013) Does the Informal Sector thrive under Autocracy or Democracy: The Case of Nepal. Journal of Developing Areas, 48 (3), pp. 245-267en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2014.0044
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/11191
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidnaen
dc.publisherJournal of Developing Areasen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Applied Economics and Social Value (IAESV)en
dc.researchinstituteCentre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)en
dc.subjectautocracyen
dc.subjectdemocracyen
dc.subjectinformal sectoren
dc.subjectMIMIC modelen
dc.subjectNepalen
dc.titleDoes the Informal Sector thrive under Autocracy or Democracy: The Case of Nepalen
dc.typeArticleen

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