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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state : the case of benefit morale

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - 2009

Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...

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MIMIC models, cointegration and error correction : an application to the French shadow economy

Bühn, Andreas (contributor); … - 2008

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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Corruption and the shadow economy : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Schneider, Friedrich (contributor) - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a cross-section of 120 countries and...

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Corruption and the shadow economy : a structural equation model approach

Bühn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich - 2009

The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy is not clear. Theoretically, they either substitute or complement each other -exhibiting either a negative or positive relationship. This paper -using a structural equation model with two latent variables - extracts information on...

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Shadow economies and corruption all over the world : what do we really know?

Schneider, Friedrich (contributor) - 2006

estimation methods are discussed and critically evaluated"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site …

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Gold and oil futures markets : are markets efficient?

Narayan, Paresh Kumar; Narayan, Seema; Zheng, Xinwei - 2010

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A nonparametric model of financial system-economic growth nexus

Mishra, Sagarika; Narayan, Paresh Kumar - 2010

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Testing the consumption based CAPM : evidence from a new approach

Narayan, Paresh Kumar; Popp, Stephan - 2010

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Investigating the relationship between health and economic growth : empirical evidence from a panel of 5 Asian countries

Narayan, Seema; Narayan, Paresh Kumar; Mishra, Sagarika - 2010

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The (hidden) financial flows of terrorist organizations : a literature review and some preliminary empirical results

Schneider, Friedrich - 2010

a literature review is provided about the financing of terrorist and organized crime organizations, their sources and … the help of a latent estimation approach (MIMIC procedure). The figures show that Al Qaeda and other terror organizations … organizations ; Hawala banking ; money laundering ; organized crime ; kinds of terrorist financing …

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