An Analysis of the Indian Underground Economy

The main aim of this paper is to measure the underground economy of India and to review previous attempts to do the same. In this paper I provide estimates of the size of the hidden economy of India for the period 1971 - 2004. Analysis on previous attempts is done with a focus on the dynamic multipl...

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Main Author: Sachdeva, Muskan
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Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2014
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spelling ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-cmc_theses-20102014-05-21T03:33:57Z An Analysis of the Indian Underground Economy Sachdeva, Muskan The main aim of this paper is to measure the underground economy of India and to review previous attempts to do the same. In this paper I provide estimates of the size of the hidden economy of India for the period 1971 - 2004. Analysis on previous attempts is done with a focus on the dynamic multiple indicators multiple causes (DYMIMC) and the currency demand methods. I estimate the size of the Indian economy using indicator and causal variables chosen by Schneider, Chaudhuri and Chatterjee in their paper, “The Size and Development of the Indian Shadow Economy and a Comparison with other 18 Asian Countries: An Empirical Investigation”. 2014-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/804 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2010&context=cmc_theses © Muskan Sachdeva 2014 CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont Underground Economy of India Shadow Economy Black Money DYMIMIC Cash demand Parallel economy Econometrics Macroeconomics
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topic Underground Economy of India
Shadow Economy
Black Money
DYMIMIC
Cash demand
Parallel economy
Econometrics
Macroeconomics
spellingShingle Underground Economy of India
Shadow Economy
Black Money
DYMIMIC
Cash demand
Parallel economy
Econometrics
Macroeconomics
Sachdeva, Muskan
An Analysis of the Indian Underground Economy
description The main aim of this paper is to measure the underground economy of India and to review previous attempts to do the same. In this paper I provide estimates of the size of the hidden economy of India for the period 1971 - 2004. Analysis on previous attempts is done with a focus on the dynamic multiple indicators multiple causes (DYMIMC) and the currency demand methods. I estimate the size of the Indian economy using indicator and causal variables chosen by Schneider, Chaudhuri and Chatterjee in their paper, “The Size and Development of the Indian Shadow Economy and a Comparison with other 18 Asian Countries: An Empirical Investigation”.
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