Shadow Economies Around the World : Size, Causes, and Consequences /

This paper presents estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition, and OECD countries, which are derived by combining figures from different estimation methods. We describe and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the different estimation methods. We find that the growt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schneider, Friedrich
Other Authors: Enste, Dominik
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/026
Online Access:Full text available on IMF