Dodging the grabbing hand: The determinants of unofficial activity in 69 countries

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 459-493

  Friedman, Eric ^a   Johnson, Simon ^b   Kaufmann, Daniel ^c   Zoido Lobaton, Pablo ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; H26; K42; Legal system; O17; Over regulation; Taxation; Unofficial economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000425738     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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