The Shadow Economy an International Survey
Presents new data to give an overview of shadow economies from OECD countries and propose solutions to prevent illicit work.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39803028*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1 The shadow economy: a challenge for economic and social policy; 2 Defining the 'shadow economy'; 2.1 Informal economic activity and national income accounts; 2.2 Shadow economy, tax evasion, and illicit work; 3 Methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy; 3.1 Direct approaches; 3.2 Indirect approaches; 3.2.1 The discrepancy between national expenditure and income statistics; 3.2.2 The discrepancy between the official and actual labour force; 3.2.3 Monetary methods; 3.2.3.1 The transactions approach; 3.2.3.2 The currency demand approach.
- 3.2.4 The physical input (electricity consumption) method3.2.4.1 The Kaufmann-Kaliberda method; 3.2.4.2 The Lackó method; 3.3 The model approach; Causes; Indicators; 3.4 Summary of the methods used to estimate the size of the shadow economy; 4 Size of shadow economies around the world; 4.1 The results for 151 countries; 4.2 151 countries from all over the world; 4.2.1 Twenty-five high-income OECD countries; 4.3 Transition countries (Eastern Europe and central Asia); 4.4 Developing countries; 4.5 The size of shadow economies according to continents.
- 5 The size of the shadow-economy labour force5.1 Illicit work and the shadow-economy labour force; 5.2 Developing countries
- earlier results; 5.3 Transition countries
- earlier results; 5.4 Developing and transition countries
- latest results; 5.5 OECD countries; 6 An integrated approach to explain deviant behaviour; 6.1 Structure of the model; 6.1.1 Synergy effects of an integrative approach; 6.1.2 Developing a model; 6.2 Criticising the neoclassical and welfare-theoretical considerations; 6.2.1 Criticising the concept of Homo Oeconomicus; 6.2.1.1 An integrated human concept.
- 6.2.2 Modifications6.2.2.1 Satisficing and bounded rationality; 6.2.2.2 Frames; 6.2.2.3 Habits; 6.2.2.4 The man component of the RREEMM model; 6.3 Microeconomic foundation; 6.3.1 The explanatory contribution of economics; 6.3.2 Basic assumptions and aspects; 6.3.3 Models of taxation and punishment; 6.3.3.1 Models of time allocation; 6.3.3.2 Models of tax evasion; 6.3.4 The extended income-leisure model; 6.3.4.1 Graphical treatment of the basic neoclassical model; 6.3.4.2 Illicit work and regulated working time; 6.3.4.3 Effects of a reduction in working hours.
- 6.3.5 Limitations of the income-leisure model6.4 Institutional and sociological aspects; 6.4.1 The sociological explanatory contribution; 6.4.2 Descriptive variables, demography, and changing values; 6.4.3 Institutions and restrictions; 6.4.4 Some empirical investigation in Germany; 6.4.4.1 Attitudes towards illicit work in Germany; 6.4.4.2 Personal characteristics and sociological factors; 6.5 Explanatory approaches in socio- and economic psychology; 6.5.1 The explanatory contribution of socio- and economic psychology; 6.5.2 Control and reactance theory; 6.5.2.1 Control theory.
