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Why do Consumers Buy from Informal Sector Suppliers in East-Central Europe? A Case Study of Home Repair and Renovation Services
2021
Economic Alternatives
This paper seeks to explain consumers' reasons for purchasing from informal sector suppliers so that policy initiatives can be developed to tackle the off-the-books consumer culture. The conventional assumption is that those purchasing from the informal economy are marginalised populations seeking a lower price. Here, however this assumption is evaluated critically. Reporting data from a 2019 Eurobarometer survey involving 11,171 face-to-face interviews in 11 East-Central European countries on
doi:10.37075/ea.2021.1.08
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