Belgium : Selected Issues.
Measuring the size of the underground economy is obviously a difficult task. This paper reviews the literature, as applied to Belgium and elsewhere, on the determinants of the gray economy. The methods that have been used to measure the size of the gray economy are also discussed. The estimates for...
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| Format: | Revija |
| Jezik: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2000.
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| Serija: | IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;
No. 2000/049 |
| Online dostop: | Full text available on IMF |
| Izvleček: | Measuring the size of the underground economy is obviously a difficult task. This paper reviews the literature, as applied to Belgium and elsewhere, on the determinants of the gray economy. The methods that have been used to measure the size of the gray economy are also discussed. The estimates for Belgium are updated using the currency demand approach. The major theory of the gray economy focuses on taxes, which drive a wedge between net incomes and gross labor costs. |
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| Fizični opis: | 1 online resource (14 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1934-7685 |
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