The shadow (underground) economy plays a major role in many countries. People evade taxes and regulations by working in the shadow economy or by employing people illegally. On the one hand, this unregulated economic activity can result in reduced tax revenue and public goods and services, lower...

Ziel dieser Studie ist es, das Vertrauenskapital einer Volkswirtschaft im europäischen Vergleich im Rahmen einer Längsschnittanalyse von 2000 bis 2014 zu untersuchen. Der Vertrauensindex umfasst zwanzig Länder und zeigt die Entwicklung in den Teilindizes Vertrauen in das politische System,...

Illicit work, social security fraud, economic crime, and other shadow economy activities are fast becoming an international problem. This second edition uses new data to reassess currency demand and the model approach to estimate the size of the shadow economy in seventy-six developing,...