Mapping the Shadow Economy: Spatial Variations in the use of High Denomination Bank Notes in Brussels

• Authors: Dotti, Nicola Francesco , Van Heur, Bas , Williams, Colin C

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to map the spatial variations in the size of the shadow economy within Brussels. Reporting data provided by the National Bank of Belgium on the deposit of high denomination banknotes across bank branches in the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, the finding is that the shadow economy is concentrated in wealthier populations and not in deprived or immigrant communities. The outcome is a call to transcend the association of the shadow economy with marginalized groups and the wider adoption of this indirect method when measuring spatial variations in the shadow economy.

Keywords

EN

informal economy; undeclared work; cash deposits; Brussels

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: European Spatial Research and Policy
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2015-06-23

Contributors

author

Dotti, Nicola Francesco

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Van Heur, Bas

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Williams, Colin C

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Dotti, Nicola Francesco - Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Faculty of Sciences, Cosmopolis, Department of Geography, Pleinlaan 2, BE-1050 Brussels, Belgium

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Van Heur, Bas - Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Faculty of Sciences, Cosmopolis, Department of Geography, Pleinlaan 2, BE-1050 Brussels, Belgium

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Williams, Colin C. - Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, Conduit Road, Sheffield S10 1FL, United Kingdom

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Dotti, Nicola Francesco - [e-mail]

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Van Heur, Bas - [e-mail]

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Williams, Colin C. - [e-mail]

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/11477