Williams, C.C. and Horodnic, I.A. (2016) Evaluating the Multifarious Motives for Acquiring Goods and Services from the Informal Sector in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 24 (3). pp. 321-338. ISSN 0965-156X
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to evaluate which consumers in Central and Eastern Europe are more likely to acquire goods and services from the informal economy and to unravel their multifarious motives for doing so. Analysing 11,131 face-to-face interviews conducted in 11 Central and Eastern European countries in 2013, a logit regression analysis reveals that some groups purchase from the informal economy to obtain a lower price, others for social or redistributive rationales, and yet others due to the failures of the formal economy in terms of the availability, speed and quality of provision. The implications for theorising and tackling the informal economy are then explored.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Informal economy; undeclared work; consumer behaviour; consumption; Central and Eastern Europe |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2016 14:51 |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0965156X.2016.1259915 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0965156X.2016.1259915 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:107353 |