Mission impossible III: measuring the informal sector in a transition economy using macro methods

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Hanousek, Jan - Palda, F.
Mission impossible III: measuring the informal sector in a transition economy using macro methods.
Praha: CERGE-EI, 2003. 28 s. CERGE-EI research seminar series.
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT ME 595; GA AV ČR KSK9058117
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z7085904
Keywords : informal sector * transition economy * macro methods
Subject RIV: AH - Economics

An easy and popular method for measuring the size of the underground economy is to use macro-data such as money demand or electricity demand to infer what the legitimate economy needs, and then to attribute the remaining consumption to the underground economy.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0053558