THE LEVEL OF SHADOW ECONOMY IN WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKI AND KUJAWSKO-POMORSKI REGIONS
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https://doi.org/10.12775/CJFA.2017.020Keywords
shadow economy, level, region, roots, effects, differentiationAbstract
This paper offers the appraisal of the shadow economy in two regions in Poland: Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Warmińsko-Mazurskie. The MIMIC approach was applied. In the begging of analyzed period the higher level of shadow economy was perceived in Kujawsko-Pomorski region. Than the situation was changed. The slowly increased of shadow economy was observed in Warmińsko-Mazurski region but in Kujawsko-Pomorski region gradually the level of shadow economy declined.References
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