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How Big Is The Irregular Economy In The Us?

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  • Edgar L. Feige

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This paper examines the measurement, size and implications of the Underground Economy in the US.

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  • Edgar L. Feige, 2004. "How Big Is The Irregular Economy In The Us?," Macroeconomics 0404006, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpma:0404006
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    Keywords

    underground; irregular; informal; unreported; unrecorded; shadow; non-observed; unobserved;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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