Informality is a wide-spread phenomenon across the globe. We show that firms in countries with better information sharing systems and greater financial sector outreach evade taxes to a lesser degree, an effect that is stronger for smaller firms, firms in smaller cities and towns, and firms in...

Tax evasion is a wide-spread phenomenon across the globe and even an important factor of the ongoing sovereign debt crisis. We show that firms in countries with better credit information sharing systems and higher branch penetration evade taxes to a lesser degree. This effect is stronger for...

Rezension (ekz): Der amerikanische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler (Nobelpreis 2001) hat auch in Deutschland viel Anerkennung mit seinen beiden Büchern zur Globalisierung gefunden. Er war zeitweise Clinton-Berater und Weltbankchef. Er beschreibt Mitte 2009 die grosse Rezession 2008 mit ihren...