Regional estimates of the shadow economy in Europe

International Economic Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 629-636

  Tafenau, Egle ^a   Herwartz, Helmut ^a   Schneider, Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

European Union; MIMIC modelling; Shadow economy; Spatial effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650291067     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2010.526010     Document Type: Article

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