Regional Integration and Informal Trade in Africa: Evidence from Benin's Borders
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- Sami Bensassi & Joachim Jarreau & Cristina Mitaritonna, 2019. "Regional Integration and Informal Trade in Africa: Evidence from Benin’s Borders," Post-Print hal-02053558, HAL.
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Keywords
Informal Trade; Regional Integration; Trade Facilitation; Evasion; Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INT-2018-02-05 (International Trade)
- NEP-IUE-2018-02-05 (Informal and Underground Economics)
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