‘Black cash’ tax evasion in Russia: Its forms, incentives and consequences at firm level

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-55

  Yakovlev, Andrei ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK MARKET; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INFORMAL SECTOR; TAX SYSTEM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0035128773     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668130125520     Document Type: Article

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