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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006

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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Shadow economies around the world: New results for 158 countries over 1991-2015

Schneider, Friedrich; Medina, Leandro - 2017

This paper is a first attempt to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy of 158 countries over the period 1991 up to 2015. Using the Multiple Indicators, Multiple Causes (MIMIC) method we apply for the first time (i) the light intensity approach instead of GDP avoiding the...

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Deep dynamics

Gottfries, Nils; Mickelsson, Glenn; Stadin, Karolina - 2018

Combining micro and macro data, we construct demand-side shocks, which we take to be exogenous for individual firms. We estimate a reduced-form model to describe how firms adjust their production, employment, capital stock, and inventories in response to such shocks. Then, we chose the...

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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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Shadow Economies and Corruption all over the World: What do we really know?

Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006

economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. Finally, the various …

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Fiscal illusion and the shadow economy: Two sides of the same coin?

Schneider, Friedrich; Buehn, Andreas; Dell'Anno, Roberto - 2013

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between fiscal illusion and the shadow economy for 104 countries over the period 1989-2009. We argue that both unobservable phenomena are closely linked to each other, as the creation of a fiscal illusion may be helpful if governments...

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Have You Benefited From the Tax Reforms? The Distribution of Tax Payments in Sweden after Three Decades of Tax Changes

Hansson, Åsa - 2020

Thirty years ago, the Swedish tax system underwent a major reform. Since then there have been many changes to the tax system, and the general level of tax revenues has declined by over five percentage points of GDP. The decline in total revenues does not necessarily translate into an evenly...

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Entry barriers, competition, and technology adoption

Fang, Lei - 2009

There are large differences in income per capita across countries. Growth accounting finds that a large part of the differences comes from the differences in total factor productivity (TFP). This paper explores whether barrier to entry is an important factor for the cross-country differences in...

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Productivity analysis by using firm-level data: The case of Macedonia

Jovanovic, Biljana - 2018

Productivity, the efficiency by which firms convert inputs into output is central concept in growth related discussions. This research is focused on analyzing productivity on a sample of Macedonian firms. The goal is twofold - first, to construct productivity indicators by using firm-level data,...

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Barriers to accumulation and productivity differences in a two sector growth model

Landon-Lane, John S.; Robertson, Peter E. - 2005

Barriers to investment are often regarded as an important determinant of the variation in international income levels. Nevertheless, in the standard neoclassical growth model, these barriers have only have small effects on per capita incomes. We consider the effects of barriers to accumulation...

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