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Underground Economy In Indonesia

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  • Sri Juli Asdiyanti Samuda

    (Badan Pusat Statistik)

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This paper estimates the size of underground economic activity in Indonesia. Underground economy covers market production of goods and services, legal and illegal, which are sold or purchased illegally. Using monetary approach, this paper concludes the average size of the underground economy in Indonesia during 2001-2013 was 8.33 percent of GDP. Consequently, the average size of potential tax loss was Rp.11,172.86 billion or about one percent of GDP.

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  • Sri Juli Asdiyanti Samuda, 2016. "Underground Economy In Indonesia," Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, Bank Indonesia, vol. 19(1), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:idn:journl:v:19:y:2016:i:1b:p:1-18
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21098/bemp.v19i1.599
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    Keywords

    Underground economy; tax evasion;

    JEL classification:

    • E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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