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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...

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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...

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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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Estimating Income Responses to Tax Changes: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach

Holmlund, Bertil; Söderström, Martin - 2007

elasticity of taxable income with respect to the net-of-tax rate, i.e., one minus the marginal tax <p> rate. We offer new evidence on this matter by making use of a large panel of Swedish tax payers over the period 1991-2002. Changes in statutory tax rates as well as discretionary changes in tax...</p>

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Do Benefit Hikes Damage Job Finding? Evidence from Swedish Unemployment Insurance Reforms

Bennmarker, Helge; Carling, Kenneth; Holmlund, Bertil - 2005

In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was the introduction of a two-tiered benefit structure for some unemployed individuals. This system involved supplementary compensation during the first 20 weeks of unemployment....

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Monetary Policy and Swedish Unemployment Fluctuations

Alexius, Annika; Holmlund, Bertil - 2007

A widely spread belief among economists is that monetary policy has relatively short-lived effects on real variables such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more...

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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - 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 crosssection of 120 countries and a...

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