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Structure and Development of Financial Institutions and Links with Trust: Cross-Country Evidence

Galindo, Arturo; Chong, Alberto; Calderón, César - 2001

We explore the links between trust and a broad range of financial structure and development measures. Our base sample is a cross section of 48 countries and the analysis covers the period 1980-1994. We use a new World Bank data set that provides the most comprehensive coverage of financial...

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Restricting or abolishing cash: An effective instrument for fighting the shadow economy, crime and terrorism?

Schneider, Friedrich - 2017

. Second, the use of cash in crime, here especially in corruption, is also econometrically investigated. The influence is … about organized crime are also shown; the importance of cash is diminishing. Third, some remarks about terrorism are made … a minor influence on the shadow economy, crime and terrorism, but potentially a major influence on civil liberties. …

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The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy

Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007

This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294508

Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality: A panel analysis

Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007

This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of shadow...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294548

The Size and Development of the Indian Shadow Economy and a Comparison with other 18 Asian Countries: An Empirical Investigation

Schneider, Friedrich; Chaudhuri, Kausik; Chatterjee, Sumana - 2003

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The Size and Development of the Shadow Economies in the Asia-Pacific

Schneider, Friedrich; Bajada, Christopher - 2003

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Shadow economies around the world: what do we know?

Schneider, Friedrich; Klinglmair, Robert - 2004

Using various statistical procedures, estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) over 1999-2000 in developing countries is 41%, in transition countries 38% and...

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Loyal Lenders or Fickle Financiers: Foreign Banks in Latin America

Galindo, Arturo; Micco, Alejandro; Powell, Andrew - 2005

We suggest that foreign banks may represent a trade-off for their developing country hosts. A portfolio model is developed to show that a more diversified international bank may be one of lower, overall risk and less susceptible to funding shocks but may react more to shocks that affect expected...

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Creditor Protection and Credit Volatility

Galindo, Arturo; Micco, Alejandro - 2005

This paper studies the relationship between creditor protection and credit volatility. During the negative phase of the business cycle, credit contracts more in countries with poor creditor protection. For similar shocks to business conditions, credit is more volatile in countries where...

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Do State-Owned Banks Promote Growth? Cross-Country Evidence for Manufacturing Industries

Galindo, Arturo; Micco, Alejandro - 2003

This paper tests the efficiency of different structures of bank ownership in terms of its ability to target manufacturing sectors in need of credit. We find that state- owned banks do not play a significant role in the development of industries that rely more on external finance and/or that have...

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