This paper analyzes differences between shadow economic activities in the western and eastern part of Germany. Due to new empirical results easterners' engagement in shadow economic activities seems to be lower than the engagement of their western neighbors. How can we explain this seemingly...

Review of: Zeit der Institutionen - Thorstein Veblens evolutorische Ökonomik. Ed. by R. Penz, H. Wilkop. 1996. Metropolis-Verlag: Marburg

Examines the role of the shadow, or underground, economy. Looks at ways of measuring it, the relationship between the shadow economy and the main stream economy, why it has been growing in size, and its effects on overall economic growth. How can states limit the size of the shadow economy, and...