Uses and abuses of estimates of the underground economy

Economic Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 456, 1999, Pages 338-347

  Tanzi, Vito ^a  

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EID: 0001798459     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00437     Document Type: Article

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