The changing nature of the OECD shadow economy

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-48

  Bovi, Maurizio ^a   Dell'Anno, Roberto ^b  

^a Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses ISAE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corruption; Institutions; Multiple equilibria; Shadow economy; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649088126     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-009-0138-8     Document Type: Article

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