The shadow economy (also known as the black or underground economy) covers a vast array of trade, goods and services that are not part of the official economy of a country. This original and comprehensive Handbook presents the latest research on the size and development of the shadow economy,...

Introduction / Christopher Bajada and Friedrich Schneider -- Taxpayer behaviour and motivations -- Illegal, immoral, fattening or what? : How deterrence and responsive regulation shape tax moral / Lars P. Feld and Bruno S. Frey -- Explaining taxpayer non-compliance through reference to taxpayer...