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The Hidden Economy – Measurement and Influence

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  • Ivan Stoykov
  • Paraskeva Dimitrova

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This paper formulates the concept for the hidden economy. A refine on the formal and the informal economy is made. It indicates the economic, administrative, normative-legal factors and reasons for its existence and the forms for manifesting of the hidden economy. It discloses the condition of the hidden economy in some West European and post-socialist countries and USA too. It gives different methods for measurement of the hidden economy that are concerned with the Bulgarian conditions.

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  • Ivan Stoykov & Paraskeva Dimitrova, 1999. "The Hidden Economy – Measurement and Influence," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 1, pages 3-43.
    • Handle: RePEc:bas:econst:y:1999:i:1:p:3-43
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