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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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The size of the shadow economies of 145 countries all over the world : first results over the period 1999 to 2003

Schneider, Friedrich (contributor) - 2004

Using the DYMIMIC approach, estimates of the shadow economy in 145 developing, transition, developed OECD countries, South Pacific islands and still communist countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) over 2002/2003 in developing countries is...

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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries : a preliminary explanation using a public choice approach

Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2005

This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...

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Shadow economies around the world : what do we know?

Schneider, Friedrich (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Long-run estimates of the global informal economies and new insights for 152 countries over 1997 to 2022 using an enhanced MIMIC approach

Asllani, Alban; Dell' Anno, Roberto; Schneider, Friedrich - 2024

Using an enhanced MIMIC method, this paper presents new and long-run estimates of the Informal Economy (IE) for 152 countries from 1997 to 2022. We address several limitations found in previous estimates of the IE, notably issues surrounding the missing values, time-invariant country...

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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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The shadow economy and shadow labor force : a survey of recent developments

Schneider, Friedrich - 2014

the estimation results. The purpose of the survey is threefold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method to estimate … causal factors of the shadow economy as well as on a comparison of the size of the shadow economy using different estimation …

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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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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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