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Shadow economy as an example of unfair competition

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  • Agata Kubiczek

    (Nicolaus Copernicus University)

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The article presents the basic problem of economics - competition. This problem is connect with shadow economy. In the first part indicated on the essence and the kinds of business competition. Then focus on unfair competition in the form of shadow economy and how to fight it. The aim of this article is to identify the most important ways to reduce unfair competition.

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  • Agata Kubiczek, 2014. "Shadow economy as an example of unfair competition," Ekonomia i Prawo, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, vol. 13(3), pages 449-463, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpn:umkeip:v:13:y:2014:i:3:p:449-463
    DOI: 10.12775/EiP.2014.032
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    1. Friedrich Schneider & Friedrich Schneider, 2008. "Shadow Economies and Corruption all over the World: What do we Really Know?," Chapters, in: Michael Pickhardt & Edward Shinnick (ed.), The Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance, chapter 7, pages 122-187, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Truman Packard & Johannes Koettl & Claudio E. Montenegro, 2012. "In From the Shadow : Integrating Europe's Informal Labor," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 9377.
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    Keywords

    economics; competition; shadow economy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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