Measuring the Size of the Informal Economy: A Critical Review
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Keywords
Informal; grey and black economy; tax evasion; criminal activities;All these keywords.
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
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBA-2009-01-03 (Central Banking)
- NEP-LAW-2009-01-03 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2009-01-03 (Macroeconomics)
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