This book considers a wide range of illicit industries in China, exploring what drives such activities, why consumers tolerate them to differing degrees, how at

A groundbreaking investigation of how illicit commerce is changing the world by transforming economies, reshaping politics, and capturing governments.In this fa

This book presents new data to give an overview of shadow economies from OECD countries and propose solutions to prevent illicit work.

Fueled by corruption, fraud, and organized crime, the shadow economy also known as the informal, black market, illegal, or underground economy is currently on t

A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies. T