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The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy is not clear. Theoretically, they either substitute or … with two latent variables - extracts information on various dimensions of corruption and the shadow economy to contribute … and corruption. The results show that the shadow economy influences corruption more than corruption influences the shadow …
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This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an … factors to understand the level and changes of shadow economy. However, the limited number of investigations use cross … support that its increase leads to a smaller shadow economy. Moreover, an increase in tax morale reduces the size of the …
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This paper analyses how tax morale and countries' institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a … factors to understand the size and development of the shadow economy. Relatively new data sources that have become available … support for the assertion that a higher tax morale and a higher institutional quality lead to a smaller shadow economy …
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This paper empirically investigates the relationship between corruption and the emigration of those with high, medium … and low levels of educational attainment. The empirical results indicate that as corruption increases the emigration rate … levels of educational attainment, however, increases at initial levels of corruption and then decreases beyond a certain …
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This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy …
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In this paper the main focus lies on the development and the size of the shadow economy and of undeclared work (or … shadow economy labor force) in OECD, developing and transition countries. Besides informal employment in the rural and non … workers or unpaid family workers are shown. The most influential factors on the shadow economy and/or shadow labor force are …
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This paper provides a long-term view by studying the effect of the underground or shadow economy on economic growth in … between economic growth and its determinants. Results suggest that prior to WWII the shadow economy had a negative effect on … economic growth; however, post-WWII the shadow economy was beneficial for growth. This ambiguity regarding the overall growth …
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This paper is the first attempt to directly explore the long-run nonlinearity of the shadow economy. Using a dataset of … economy size and GDP per capita. Our results imply that the shadow economy tends to increase when economic development … should be given to the country's level of development when designing policies to tackle issues related to the shadow economy …
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means. Fourth, some remarks are made about the negative effects of terror on the economy in highly developed countries and …
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Worldwide human trafficking (HT) is the third most often registered international criminal activity, ranked only after drug and weapon trafficking. The aim of the paper is to measure the extent of HT inflows to destination countries. It proposes the application of the Multiple Indicators...
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