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An empirical examination of the determinants of the shadow economy

Eduardo Acosta-GonzálezDepartment of Quantitative Methods, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Fernando Fernández-RodríguezDepartment of Quantitative Methods, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Simón Sosvilla-RiveroDepartment of Quantitative Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 304-307 | Published online: 07 Jan 2014

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