The monetary method and the size of the shadow economy: A critical assessment

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-371

  Ahumada, Hildegart ^a   Alvaredo, Facundo ^b,c   Canavese, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 34249074787     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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