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opportunism and collective values. Shadow markets may, however, enhance consumer welfare by limiting the pricing power of firms …
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opportunism and collective values. Shadow markets may, however, enhance consumer welfare by limiting the pricing power of firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319034
opportunism and collective values. Shadow markets may, however, enhance consumer welfare by limiting the pricing power of firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002178660
the excessive entry prediction. Tax evasion raises the number of firms in market equilibrium and can alter their welfare … the direct welfare consequences of tax evasion and the relationship between evasion and the tax base. We also determine … conditions which imply that overall welfare declines with tax evasion. …
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determined by the direct welfare consequences of tax evasion and the relationship between evasion and the tax base. We also … determine conditions which imply that overall welfare declines with tax evasion. …
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(b) the weights in the social welfare function given to consumers and firms are different. We assume quasilinear utility … less elastic. When the weights given to consumers and firms are not identical, social welfare is not necessarily concave … and profits might be negative at the unrestricted optimum. We characterize social welfare optimum with a bound on maximum …
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the excessive entry prediction. Tax evasion raises the number of firms in market equilibrium and can alter their welfare … the direct welfare consequences of tax evasion and the relationship between evasion and the tax base. We also determine … conditions which imply that overall welfare declines with tax evasion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584938
determined by the direct welfare consequences of tax evasion and the relationship between evasion and the tax base. We also … determine conditions which imply that overall welfare declines with tax evasion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622137
This comment provides a reply to Prof. Feige's paper with the title "Reflections on the Meaning and Measurement of Unobserved Economies: What do we really know about the 'Shadow Economy'?", in which Prof. Feige heavily criticizes me. I show that the same critique which Prof. Feige raises against...
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We use an 'unexplained demand for cash' approach to measure the size of the shadow economy in Sweden. The size of the shadow economy is found to have increased from 3.8 to 6.5 per cent of GDP from 1990 to 2004. This result is also supported by our finding of an increased residual between...
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