Hiding in the shadows the growth of the underground economy
"A factory worker has a second job driving an unlicensed taxi at night; a plumber fixes a broken water pipe for a client, gets paid in cash but doesn't declare his earnings to the tax collector; a drug dealer brokers a sale with a prospective customer on a street corner. These are all exam...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Autor Corporativo: | |
| Otros Autores: | |
| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund
2002.
|
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Economic issues ; 30. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31011871*spi |
| Sumario: | "A factory worker has a second job driving an unlicensed taxi at night; a plumber fixes a broken water pipe for a client, gets paid in cash but doesn't declare his earnings to the tax collector; a drug dealer brokers a sale with a prospective customer on a street corner. These are all examples of the underground or shadow economy - activities, both legal and illegal, that add up to trillions of dollars a year that take place "off the books," out of the gaze of taxmen and government statisticians. Although crime and shadow economic activities have long been a fact of life - and are now increasing around the world - almost all societies try to control their growth, because of the potentially serious consequences."--Preface. |
|---|---|
| Notas: | Based on IMF working paper 00/26, "Shadow Economies Around the World: Size, Causes, and Consequences," February 2000. "Rachel Weaving prepared the text for this pamphlet. Some of the data, including the sample size, has been updated by Professor Schneider for this pamphlet."-Preface. "Published March 2002"--Electronic information screen. Title from HTML file as viewed on 21 Nov 2005. |
| Descripción Física: | iii, 16 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781589060968 9781451935288 |
