Problems measuring the underground economy in transition

Economics of Transition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 707-718

  Hanousek, Jan ^a   Palda, Filip ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ÉCOLE NATIONALE D'ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Informal economy; Macro estimates of shadow economy; Shadow economy; Transition; Underground economy

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; MARKET TRANSITION; PARALLEL ECONOMY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33749264658     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2006.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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