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| Author: | Tanzi, V. |
| Title: | Uses and abuses of estimates of the underground economy |
| Journal: | Economic Journal
1999 : JUN, VOL. 109:456, p. 338-347 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMICS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ESTIMATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Not all economic activities take place in full view of government officials who can, thus, record them in the national accounts or can tax and regulate them. Some activities take place within the household and, because of the differences in measuring them, the output they produce is not measured by the national account and is not taxed. (See Thomas, 1992). Some activities are inherently criminal and do not generate an output that can be considered valuable to society even though it may generate pecuniary gains to those who engage in them. |
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