Tax Morale, Tax Evasion, and the Shadow Economy

The shadow economy (also known as the black or underground economy) covers a vast array of trade, goods and services that are not part of the official economy of a country. This original and comprehensive Handbook presents the latest research on the size and development of the shadow economy, which remains an integral component of the economies of most developing and many developed countries.

• Publication year

  2011

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  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2011-08-31

• Fields of study

  Economics

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  DOI 10.4337/9780857930880.00019
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