Purpose: The aim of this paper is to evaluate contrasting ways of tackling self-employment in the informal sector. Conventionally, the participation of the self-employed in the informal sector has been viewed as a rational economic decision taken when the expected benefits outweigh the costs,...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The drivers of the informal economy -- Tax morale and informality in post-socialist contexts / Diana Traikova -- The many shades of the grey economy in Romania / Rodica Ianole-Colin, Colin Vâlsan, Elena Druic? -- Evaluating the perceptions and realities of...