Local economic governance in hard times: The shadow economy and the textile and clothing industries around Łódź and Naples

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-492

  Burroni, Luigi ^a   Crouch, Colin ^b   Kaminska, Monika Ewa ^c   Valzania, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Economic development; Governance; Institutions; Rational choice; Shadow economy; Social capital; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149126646     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwn005     Document Type: Article

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