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Evaluating the multifarious motives for acquiring goods and services from the informal sector in Central and Eastern Europe
- Source :
- Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. 24:321-338
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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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 structured interviews conducted in 11 Central and Eastern European (CEE) 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 theorizing and tackling the informal economy are then explored.
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
Consumption (economics)
History
Economic growth
Sociology and Political Science
Public economics
Informal sector
media_common.quotation_subject
05 social sciences
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
0506 political science
Eastern european
Goods and services
0502 economics and business
Structured interview
050602 political science & public administration
Quality (business)
Business
050203 business & management
Consumer behaviour
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 25739646 and 25739638
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5eea6bf4b5625a05272c433872dd9925