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Mimic Models, Cointegration and Error Correction : An Application to the French Shadow Economy
Buehn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data estimating the size and development of the shadow economy for...
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The Impact of Declining Oil Rents on Tax Revenues : Does the Shadow Economy Matter?
Ishak, Phoebe W. - 2020
controlling country and year fixed effects, other determinants of tax revenues and using a dynamic model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840215
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Shedding Light on the Shadow Economy : A Global Database and the Interaction with the Official One
Medina, Leandro - 2019
Using the multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) approach, this paper generates a novel global database by estimating the size of the shadow economy for 157 countries over 1991 to 2017. The results suggest that the OECD countries are by far the lowest with values below 20% of off official GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857902
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International Disease Epidemics and the Shadow Economy
Berdiev, Aziz - 2020
Adding to the emerging body of research related to the current coronavirus crisis, this paper studies the impact of disease epidemics on the worldwide prevalence of the shadow or the underground economy. The informal sector undermines compliance with government regulations and lowers tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828116
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Money laundering as a financial sector crime: A new approach to measurement, with an application to Italy
Ardizzi, Guerino; Petraglia, Carmelo; Piacenza, Massimiliano - 2013
Anti-money laundering regulations have been centred on the Know-Your-Customer rule so far, overlooking the fact that criminal proceedings that need to be laundered are usually represented by cash. This is the first study which tries to provide an answer to the question of how much of cash...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291661
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Grey Matters: Charting the Development of the Shadow Economy
MacGéidigh, Donal; Schneider, Friedrich; Blum, Matthias - 2016
The shadow economy has long been an area of research for policymakers. The determinants of underground activity of late …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584933
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Tax Losses due to Shadow Economy Activities in OECD Countries from 2011 to 2013: A Preliminary Calculation
Schneider, Friedrich - 2015
In this short paper an attempt is undertaken to calculate the tax losses which result from shadow economy activities in a country. These calculations are done for the 28 EU countries, for 3 non-EU countries and for 2 other highly-developed OECD countries. The total tax losses over all 28...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431183
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Comment on Feige's Paper "Reflections on the Meaning and Measurement of Unobserved Economies: What do we really know about the 'Shadow Economy'?"
Schneider, Friedrich - 2016
issues when undertaking a MIMIC estimation. In the concluding chapter I suggest that a joint paper should be written in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451424
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Robust Determinants of the Shadow Economy: An International Comparison
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2016
To synthesize the literature on determinants of the shadow economy, this paper uses three cross-national shadow economy … measures and employs numerous determinants over hundreds of model combinations to identify robust determinants of the shadow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480456
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Do Different Estimation Methods Lead to Implausible Differences in the Size of the Non-Observed or Shadow Economies? A Preliminary Answer
Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
In this paper, first, six micro (4) and macro (2) estimation approaches are briefly described; they are the National …. Second, a detailed comparison of the results of four micro estimation methods with the macro MIMIC method are presented. One … about the reasons that individuals work in the shadow economy, and which estimation methods are best suited to apply this …
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