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An analysis of the shadow economy in Malta : a currency demand and MIMIC model approach
Gauci, Tiziana Marie; Rapa, Noel - 2020
The paper applies two commonly used methods in the literature to estimate the shadow economy in Malta, the Currency Demand Approach and the Multiple Indicator Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model. Given the unobservable nature of the shadow economy, estimates are surrounded by a considerable degree of...
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Two sides of the same coin or two different coins? : exploring the duality of corruption in Latin America
Hugo, Ella; Savage, David; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2021
The ambiguous phenomenon of corruption has long been the cause of great theoretical debate in economics. By using Structural Equation Modelling, with the two types of corruption as a latent variable, this paper employs causal and indicative variables specific to the Latin American region to test...
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Demonetisation : a golden opportunity for widening the taxpayer base
Singh, Rajiva Ranjan; Bagchi, Anandita - 2018
The demonetisation exercise announced by the PM on November 8, 2016, aimed to tackle the problems of black money, fake currency, corruption, and terror funding. With time, more targets were added such as the creation of a cashless economy, curbing real estate prices, and broadening the taxpayer...
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Getting PPP right : identifying mean-reverting real exchange rates in panels
Chortareas, Georgios E. (contributor);  … - 2008
real exchange rates in panel frameworks. One weakness of such tests, however, is that they fail to inform the researcher as … a small number of real exchange rates in a given panel may drive the results. In this paper we examine the PPP … when applied to a set of established panel-unit-root tests, allows the identification of the real exchange rates that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740322
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Nudging the self-employed into contributing to social security : evidence from a nationwide quasi experiment in Brazil
Bosch Mossi, Mariano; Fernandes, Danilo; Villa, Juan M. - 2015
This paper studies the first large scale effort by the Brazilian government to increase the social security compliance of self-employed workers using behavioral interventions. In 2014, the Brazilian Ministry of Social Security gradually delivered by postal mail a booklet reminding nearly 3...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485098
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The effect of income on positive and negative subjective well-being
Boes, Stefan (contributor); Winkelmann, Rainer (contributor) - 2006
econometric models. A flexible multiple-index ordered probit panel data model with varying thresholds can identify response … asymmetries in single-item measures of subjective well-being. An application to data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for 1984 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003354431
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Copula-based bivariate binary response models
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2009
The bivariate probit model is frequently used for estimating the effect of an endogenous binary regressor on a binary outcome variable. This paper discusses simple modifications that maintain the probit assumption for the marginal distributions while introducing non-normal dependence among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900958
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Quasi maximum likelihood estimation of spatial models with heterogeneous coefficients
Aquaro, Michele; Bailey, Natalia; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2015
This paper considers spatial autoregressive panel data models and extends their analysis to the case where the spatial … section dimensions of the panel are large. It derives the asymptotic covariance matrix of the QML estimators allowing for the … sample properties for panels with moderate time dimensions and irrespective of the number of cross section units in the panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283005
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What is the relationship between national saving and investment in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Pedemonte, Mathieu - 2015
Using panel co-integration techniques and a comprehensive dataset covering the period 1980-2013, this paper finds a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339421
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Poverty, vulnerability and the middle class in Latin America
Stampini, Marco; Robles, Marcos; Sáenz, Mayra; … - 2015
Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this paper, we use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region remains characterized by substantial vulnerability that also affects the rising middle-class. More...
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