Artigo Revisado por pares

Accounting and Undocumented Work*

2011; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01076.x

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1911-3846

Autores

Dean Neu,

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Taxation and Legal Issues

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Contemporary Accounting ResearchVolume 29, Issue 1 p. 13-37 Accounting and Undocumented Work* DEAN NEU, DEAN NEU York UniversitySearch for more papers by this author DEAN NEU, DEAN NEU York UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 08 February 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01076.xCitations: 9 † Accepted by Teri Shearer. This paper has benefited from the constructive comments of Teri Shearer, Steven Salterio, and two anonymous reviewers. The paper is dedicated to all the members of the immigrant community who helped me to understand how this field works. 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