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Economic Freedom, Property Rights, and the Informal Underground Economy

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  • Charles R. Britton

    (University of Arkansas)

  • Richard K. Ford

    (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

  • David E. R. Gay

    (University of Arkansas)

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  • Charles R. Britton & Richard K. Ford & David E. R. Gay, 2004. "Economic Freedom, Property Rights, and the Informal Underground Economy," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 20(Fall 2004), pages 86-99.
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    1. Feige,Edgar L. (ed.), 1989. "The Underground Economies," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521262309, October.
    2. James D. Gwartney & Robert A. Lawson & Randall G. Holcombe, 1999. "Economic Freedom and the Environment for Economic Growth," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 155(4), pages 643-643, December.
    3. Edwin J. Feulner, 2002. "Homeland Defense, Individual Freedom, and the Rule of Law," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 18(Fall 2002), pages 1-15.
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    1. Corneliu-Sorin BAICU & Luminita-Claudia CORBU, 2016. "Economic Freedom - A Vector Of Transition From The Informal To The Formal Economy," CES Working Papers, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 8(1), pages 20-32, March.
    2. Aziz N. Berdiev & James W. Saunoris & Friedrich Schneider, 2018. "Give Me Liberty, or I Will Produce Underground: Effects of Economic Freedom on the Shadow Economy," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 85(2), pages 537-562, October.
    3. Floridi, Andrea & Demena, Binyam Afewerk & Wagner, Natascha, 2020. "Shedding light on the shadows of informality: A meta-analysis of formalization interventions targeted at informal firms," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).

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