| Description |
xi, 295 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Christopher Bajada and Friedrich Schneider -- Taxpayer behaviour and motivations -- Illegal, immoral, fattening or what?: How deterrence and responsive regulation shape tax moral / Lars P. Feld and Bruno S. Frey -- Explaining taxpayer non-compliance through reference to taxpayer identities: a social identity perspective / Natalie Taylor -- Getting on or getting by? Australians in the cash economy / Valerie Braithwaite, Monika Reinhart and Jenny Job -- Measuring the underground economy - international evidence -- An international comparison of underground economic activity / Friedrich Schneider and Christopher Bajada -- On the estimation and updating of the hidden economy estimates: the UK experience / Dilip Bhattacharyya -- The shadow economy in OECD and EU accession countries - Empirical evidence for the influence of institutions, liberalization, taxation and regulation / Domink H. Enste -- The shadow economy in Norway 1980-2003: some empirical evidences from voluntary sample surveys / Kari Due Andresen, Tone Ognedal and Steinar Strom -- The underground economy in Canada / Lindsay M. Tedds -- Detection, prevention and progress -- Tax policy and the underground economy / Peter S. Spiro -- Tax noncompliance in the United States: measurement and recent enforcement initiatives / Kim M. Bloomquist, Alan H. Plumley and Eric J.Toder -- Tackling the underground economy in the UK: a government's response / Christopher Bajada -- Recent government initiatives in tackling the underground economy in Australia / Christopher Bajada -- Tax compliance strategies to tackle the underground economy / Simon James |
| Summary |
"Bringing together top international researchers this book provides a worldwide coverage of underground economic activities. It presents estimates of the underground economy for 145 countries - the most comprehensive ever undertaken; and in-depth examination of the underground economy for a select number of these countries; and an analysis of the public policy implications through an assessment of how various governments have attempted to address this issue."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Informal sector (Economics) -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Black market -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Schneider, Friedrich.
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Bajada, Christopher.
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| LC no. |
2005015264 |
| ISBN |
0754642488 alkaline paper |
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