The Mimetic Principle in the Underground Economy

There has been in the recent years an increased preoccupation at international level for the research of the mechanism of development of the underground economy. The numerous vain attempts to measure the dimension of the underground economy persuaded us to embark on a qualitative research of this ec...

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Main Author: Cristina Voicu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: General Association of Economists from Romania 2009-08-01
Series:Theoretical and Applied Economics
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Online Access: http://store.ectap.ro/articole/405.pdf
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description There has been in the recent years an increased preoccupation at international level for the research of the mechanism of development of the underground economy. The numerous vain attempts to measure the dimension of the underground economy persuaded us to embark on a qualitative research of this economic phenomenon. In our investigation on the roots of the underground economy we drew very close to the psychological and sociological aspects of the phenomenon itself. The process of humanizing that has at its origin components of the mimetic principle, like acquisitive mimesis, prompt us to ponder over J.M. Keynes’ words: „The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual ambition that one feels rewarded for.”
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spelling doaj.art-bad3523626264f03bef1af9445ab77a22022-12-22T02:51:45ZengGeneral Association of Economists from RomaniaTheoretical and Applied Economics1841-86781844-00292009-08-01XVI818418678The Mimetic Principle in the Underground EconomyCristina Voicu0 The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies There has been in the recent years an increased preoccupation at international level for the research of the mechanism of development of the underground economy. The numerous vain attempts to measure the dimension of the underground economy persuaded us to embark on a qualitative research of this economic phenomenon. In our investigation on the roots of the underground economy we drew very close to the psychological and sociological aspects of the phenomenon itself. The process of humanizing that has at its origin components of the mimetic principle, like acquisitive mimesis, prompt us to ponder over J.M. Keynes’ words: „The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual ambition that one feels rewarded for.” http://store.ectap.ro/articole/405.pdf underground economymimetic principleacquisitive mimesis
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title_fullStr The Mimetic Principle in the Underground Economy
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