The Shadow Economies: Steps toward Estimating Their Size in Asian Countries

When a tax is imposed, a regulation introduced, or welfare measures implemented, then an incentive structure is created also. People will consider, with the zeal that self-interest nurtures, how a tax or burdensome regulation can be avoided (legal) or evaded (illegal), or how gains from the welfare...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Theodore Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 1985-01-01
Series:Asian Development Review
Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110585000094