Tax Reform in Georgia and the Size of the Shadow Economy
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- Karine Torosyan & Randall K. Filer, 2014. "Tax reform in Georgia and the size of the shadow economy," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 22(1), pages 179-210, January.
- Karine Torosyan & Randall K. Filer, 2012. "Tax Reform in Georgia and the Size of the Shadow Economy," Economics Working Paper Archive at Hunter College 439, Hunter College Department of Economics.
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Keywords
consumer behavior; tax reform; hidden/shadow economy; transition economy;JEL classification:
- E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- J39 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Other
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2012-10-27 (Accounting & Auditing)
- NEP-ALL-2012-10-27 (All new papers)
- NEP-IUE-2012-10-27 (Informal & Underground Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2012-10-27 (Public Economics)
- NEP-TRA-2012-10-27 (Transition Economics)
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