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Underground economy quantitative models. Some applications to Romania’s case

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Albu, Lucian-Liviu
Daianu, Daniel
Pavelescu, Florin-Marius

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Using some special models, this study tries to quantify the size of underground economy in Romania. The exposition plan includes: 1) Models based on direct approaches; 2) Models based on indirect approaches; 3) A generalised model for the allocation of time; 4) A model based on May’s logistic; 5) Conclusions.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 14210.

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Keywords: underground economy; tax evasion; fiscal policy; logistic function;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Estimation
C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
O17 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
P26 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Systems and Transition Economies - - - Political Economy
H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion

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