Taxing the unobservable: The impact of the shadow economy on inflation and taxation

Ummad Mazhar; Pierre-Guillaume Méon

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.08.019

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Taxing the unobservable: The impact of the shadow economy on inflation and taxation

Ummad Mazhar Pierre-Guillaume Méon

World Development Vol. 90 pp. 89-103 · Elsevier BV

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Ummad Mazhar, Pierre-Guillaume Méon (2017). Taxing the unobservable: The impact of the shadow economy on inflation and taxation. World Development, 90, 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.08.019

Taxing the unobservable: The impact of the shadow economy on inflation and taxation

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