The shadow economy in Portugal: An analysis with the MIMIC approach

Journal of Applied Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-277

  Dell'Anno, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

MIMC model; Portugal; Shadow economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149068939     PISSN: 15140326     EISSN: 16676726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2007.12040490     Document Type: Article

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