Entrepreneurship and the shadow economy
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Entrepreneurship and the shadow economy
Edward Elgar Pub., c2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The shadow economy has become the focus of policy makers around the world. This timely book explores the relationship between entrepreneurship and the shadow economy, by reviewing how to measure, explain and tackle this hidden enterprise culture.
The editors bring together leading authorities in the field to examine existing methods to measure shadow economy, explore entrepreneurship and shadow economy practices in various contexts, and provide policy suggestions for decreasing the shadow economy. It concludes by encouraging further research in this ever-growing field.
Students and scholars in the field of entrepreneurship and the shadow economy will find this book to be of use to their work. It will also be of use to those in disciplines, such as sociology, economics and global studies, as well as practitioners in the field of public policy.
Contributors: Y. Abdih, J.E. Amoros, A. Chepurenko, J.P. Couyoumdjian, O. Cristi, E. Denisova-Schmidt, I.A Horodnic, L. Medina, M. Minniti, Y. Prytula, T.J. Putnins, A. Sauka, F. Schneider, M. Virtanen, C.C. Williams, J. Windebank
Table of Contents
Contents:
Introduction
Arnis Sauka, Friedrich Schneider and Colin C. Williams
PART I METHODS TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT AND DETERMINANTS OF THE SHADOW ECONOMY
1. The Bottom-Up Power of Informal Entrepreneurship
Jose Ernesto Amoros, Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian, Oscar Cristi and Maria Minniti
2. Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economies of 162 Countries Using MIMIC Method
Friedrich Schneider
3. The Components and Determinants of the Shadow Economy: Evidence from the Baltic Countries
Talis J. Putnins and Arnis Sauka
4. The Participation of the Self-Employed in the Shadow Economy in the European Union
Colin C. Williams, Ioana A. Horodnic and Jan Windebank
PART II ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS
5. Informal Entrepreneurship and Informal Entrepreneurial Activity in Russia
Alexander Chepurenko
6. The Shadow Economy and Enterpreneurship In Ukraine
Elena Denisova-Schmidt and Yaroslav Prytula
7. A Normative Analysis About the Measures to Prevent Shadow Economy in Finland
Markku Virtanen
8. The Informal Economy in the Caucasus and Central Asia: Size and Determinants
Yasser Abdih and Leandro Medina
PART III POLICY PERSPECTIVES AND STRATEGIES ON DECREASING SHADOW ECONOMIES
9. What is to be Done About Entrepreneurship in the Shadow Economy?
Colin C. Williams
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"