CONTENTS
Introduction (PDF, 331 Kb)
The Informal Economy in Central and Eastern
Europe - Obstacle to European Integration or Bridge Between the EU
Member States and the Accession Countries?, Boyan
Belev
Part I. Assessment ofthe Informal
Economy: Methods and Approaches (PDF, 1.32 Mb)
The Size and Development of the Shadow Economies
and Shadow Economy. Labor Force of 22 Transition and 21 OECD
Countries: What Do We Really Know?, Friedrich
Schneider
Going Informal:Benefits and Costs, Simeon
Djankov, Ira Lieberman, Joyita Mukherjee and Tatiana Nenova
Shadow Economy and Institutional Change in
Transition Countries, Dominik H.Enste
Poverty and Informality in Southeast Europe,
Alexandre Marc and Zeynep Kudatgobilik
Part II. The Informal Economy in Central Europe
and the Baltics (PDF, 508 Kb)
Why People Evade Taxes in the Czech and Slovak
Republics: A Tale of Twins, Jan Hanousek and Filip
Palda
Informal Labor Market and Informal Economy during
the Economic Transition: The Polish Perspective, Maciej
H.Grabowski
Behind the Informal
Economy:Estimating,Explaining,Counteracting, Guoda
Steponaviciene
Barriers to Participation:The Informal Sector in
Emerging Democracies. The Case of Hungary, Laszlo
Kallay
Part III. The Informal Economy
in Southeast Europe (PDF, 520 Kb)
Use of Households Survey Data to Estimate the
Size of the Informal Economy in Romania, Lucian-Liviu Albu
and Mariana Nicolae
Transactions versus Work:The Informal Economies
in Bulgaria in the 1990s, Tanya Chavdarova
Tax Avoidance in Bulgaria: The Human Capital
Approach, Andrey Zahariev
Characteristics of Informal Sector Development in
Albania, Genc Ruli
Part IV. Early Warning and Risk
Reporting for Good Governance and Against Corruption (PDF, 426 Mb)
The Risks of Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Strategies, Wim van Meurs
Corruption or State Failure?, Alina
Mungiu-Pippidi |