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Les enjeux de l'économie souterraine

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Fortin, Bernard

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In this text, the underground economy is presented as a natural reaction of consumers and producers to the constraints and costs imposed by the government on exchanges. We provide a definition of the underground economy and discuss the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. We also present an analysis of some methods used by researchers to measure its importance. We finally insist on the necessity in the future to obtain new sources of information in order to better understand the factors that influence the decisions to work and to consume in the underground economy.

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Paper provided by CIRPEE in its series Cahiers de recherche with number 0207.

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Keywords: Underground economy; Underground labour supply; Underground consumption; Horizontal equity; Vertical equity; Economic efficiency; Data collection and data estimation methodology;

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  1. Rolf Mirus & Roger S. Smith & Vladimir Karoleff, 1994. "Canada's Underground Economy Revisited: Update and Critique," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 20(3), pages 235-252, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Lacroix, Guy & Fortin, Bernard, 1992. "Utility-Based Estimation of Labour Supply Functions in the Regular and Irregular Sectors," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 102(415), pages 1407-22, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Cowell, Frank A, 1985. "The Economic Analysis of Tax Evasion," Bulletin of Economic Research, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 37(3), pages 163-93, September.
  4. Fortin, B. & Lemieux, T. & Frechette, P., 1990. "An Empirical Model Of Labor Supply In The Underground Economy.," Papers 9005, Laval - Recherche en Politique Economique.
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  5. Friedrich Schneider & Dominik H. Enste, 2000. "Shadow Economies: Size, Causes, and Consequences," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 38(1), pages 77-114, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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