Shadow Economy Forms of Manifestation and Tools to Combat it in the Timber Industry

The article presents the structure of illegal logging activity, and differentiates its informal and criminal components. The legislative measures taken by the state to curb illegal felling and logging are analyzed. To create a general representation of the size of the shadow economy in the timber industry, the author structures the main forms of its manifestation, which allows him to classify the factors of the shadow economy in the industry and recommend a set of measures aimed at minimizing the size of the shadow economy activities. The author also examines the dynamics of the informal sector in Russia (the number of people employed in this sector, the amount of income received) and the example of the Irkutsk region. The author describes the mechanisms of state regulation of illegal logging in the region through the legal, power, economic, conventional and cultural-normative approach. In conclusion, the author proposes specific measures to minimize the level of the shadow economy in the logging industry of the Irkutsk region.