Estimates of the underground economy in Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-384

  Bajada, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; TAX SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033493579     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1999.tb02573.x     Document Type: Article

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