Does underground economy respond symmetrically to tax changes? Evidence from Greece

Economic Modelling

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 563-570

  Christopoulos, Dimitris K ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cointegration; Error correction models; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037401082     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(01)00098-0     Document Type: Article

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