Military Versus Non-Military Government Spending and the Shadow Economy

Using recent cross-national data, this research examines the determinants of the shadow economy, focusing on the relative effects of military and non-military government spending. Results show that, other things being the same, nations with larger military spending have smaller shadow economies, while the effect of non-military government spending is statistically insignificant. These findings stand up to various robustness checks

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Goel, Rajeev K.
Other Persons:	Saunoris, James W. (contributor)
Publisher:	[2016]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Schattenwirtschaft \| Underground economy \| Öffentliche Ausgaben \| Public expenditure \| Militärausgaben \| Military expenditure \| Welt \| World
Description of contents:	Abstract [papers.ssrn.com]

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Economic Systems, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp.350-359, 2014 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2014 erstellt Volltext nicht verfügbar
Classification:	K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; O50 - Economywide Country Studies. General ; P48 - Legal Institutions; Property Rights
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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