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  • Business cycle properties of the legitimate and underground economy in Australia 
    Bajada Christopher (Blackwell Publishing, 2006)
    The business cycle characteristics of the legitimate economy have been examined quite extensively. In this paper we extend the standard business cycle analysis to the underground economy and compare it to the legitimate ...
  • The effects of inflation and the business cycle on revisions of macroeconomic data 
    Bajada Christopher (Blackwell Publishing, 2005)
    Although national accounts data provide the most comprehensive overview of economic activity, preliminary estimates are subject to much revision before they are regarded as reliable indicators. Oddly enough, the ...
  • Estimates of the underground economy in Australia 
    Bajada Christopher (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, 1999)
    In an age of tighter government regulation, many individuals and businesses are distorting our notion of the size of the Australian economy by actively participating in the underground economy. The consequences are clear: ...
  • Estimating the uses of currency in Australia 
    Bajada Christopher (Elsevier, 2004)
  • An Examination of the Statistical Discrepancy and Private Investment Expenditure 
    Bajada Christopher (Universidad Del CEMA, 2001)
    The statistical discrepancy is often used to gauge the reliability of national accounts data. Particularly since the mid-1980's the statistical discrepancy in Australia has grown significantly in size and variance. In ...
  • How Australia survived the global financial crisis 
    Bajada Christopher; Trayler Rowan (Edward Elgar, 2010)
    The first major effect of the US subprime mortgage market was relt in Australia around August 2007 when the Australian mortgage lender RAMS announced that it was unable to sell $6 billion' of its securitized debt in the ...
  • An international comparison of underground economic activity 
    Schneider Friedrich; Bajada Christopher (Ashgate, 2005)
    Despite continuous government attempts to increase taxpayer compliance, the underground economy continues to offer an avenue for taxpayers to evade their tax paying obligations. The consequences are clear: policymakers ...
  • Recent government initiatives in tackling the underground economy in Australia 
    Bajada Christopher (Ashgate, 2005)
    In July 2000, Australia undertook a major step in reforming its tax system by introducing a Goods and Services Tax (GST). This tax replaced part of the government¿s revenue from its indirect tax with an across the board ...
  • The shadow economies of the Asia-Pacific 
    Schneider Friedrich; Bajada Christopher (Blackwell Publishing, 2002)
    Despite continuous government attempts to increase taxpayer compliance, the shadow economy continues to offer a way for taxpayers to evade their taxpaying obligations. The consequences are dear: policy-makers have ...
  • The shadow economy in the residential construction sector 
    Bajada Christopher (Edward Elgar, 2011)
    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 ...
  • Unemployment and the shadow economy in the OECD 
    Bajada Christopher; Schneider Friedrich (CAIRN, 2009)
    Although there has been considerable discussion on the size of the shadow economy, comparatively little attention has been given to relationship between unemployment and participation in this sector. The objective of this ...
  • Unemployment and the underground economy in Australia 
    Bajada Christopher (SAGE Publications, 2007)
    Despite government attempts to reduce welfare benefit fraud in Australia, participation in the underground economy by those claiming to be unemployed continues. Although there exists considerable international literature on ...