Encouraging informal firms to register with the government is a key policy issue for developing economies. However, the impact of formal registration on firm performance remains inconclusive. This paper constructs a nationally representative panel data set on registered and unregistered...

Digital technology such as virtual meetings is key to communication and collaboration. This paper examines barriers to digital communication by using a firm-level survey on foreign firms’ perception of digital communication issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Estimating the determinants of...