The shadow economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia: The lobor approach

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-58

  Nastav, Bojan ^a   Bojnec, Ŝtefan ^a  

^a Faculty of Management   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK MARKET; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35248882428     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EEE0012-8775450102     Document Type: Article

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