Shadow Economy: Estimation Methods, Problems, Results and Open questions

This paper presents various methods used for estimating the size of the shadow economy. Each method is evaluated and its strengths and weaknesses are discussed, as well as results each method yields. The purpose of the paper is threefold: Firstly, to demonstrate that there is no single infallible me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schneider Friedrich, Buehn Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018-06-01
Series:Open Economics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/openec-2017-0001