Author/Editor: Roberto Cardarelli, Hippolyte W Balima, Chiara Maggi, Adrian Alter, Jérôme Vacher, Matthew Gaertner, Olivier Bizimana, Azhin Abdulkarim, Karim Badr, Shant Arzoumanian, Mahmoud Harb, Mariam El Hamiani Khatat, Priscilla S Muthoora, Aymen Belgacem.

Release Date:June, 2022

North African economies are characterized by a significant share of informal activity and employment. About two-thirds of workers in North Africa operate without any formal arrangement and social more...

Release Date:March, 2021

Corporate market power has risen in recent decades, and new estimates in this note suggest that the likely wave of small and medium-sized enterprise bankruptcies from the ongoing pandemic will more...

Author/Editor: Sónia Félix, Chiara Maggi.

Release Date:December, 2019

This paper studies the macroeconomic effect and underlying firm-level transmission channels of a reduction in business entry costs. We provide novel evidence on the response of firms' entry, exit, more...

Author/Editor: Mai Chi Dao, Chiara Maggi.

Release Date:December, 2018

Using cross-country national accounts and firm-level data, we document a broad-based trend in rising gross saving and net lending of non-financial corporates across major industrialized countries more...