Bose, Pinaki; Echazu, Luciana - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 163 (2007) 2, pp. 285-296
We analyze the relationship between the underground (or shadow) economy and the formal or legal sector in the presence of corruption in both sectors. Firms choose between operating in the legal and in the underground economy. With morally heterogeneous law enforcement agents monitoring the...