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Restricting or abolishing cash : an effective instrument for fighting the shadow economy, crime and terrorism

Schneider, Friedrich - 2017 - Revised Version

. 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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Restricting or abolishing cash : an effective instrument for fighting the shadow economy, crime and terrorism?

Schneider, Friedrich - 2017 - Revised Version

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Does corruption promote emigration? : corruption is a driving force of emigration, especially for high-skilled workers, but also for other workers

Schneider, Friedrich - 2015

Knowing whether corruption leads to higher emigration rates - and among which groups - is important because most labor emigration is from developing to developed countries. If corruption leads highly-skilled and highlyeducated workers to leave developing countries, it can result in a shortage of...

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The size and development of the shadow economies of 22 transition and 21 OECD countries

Schneider, Friedrich - 2002

Using the currency demand and DYMIMIC approaches estimates are presented about the size of the shadow economy in 22 Transition and 21 OECD countries. Over 2001/2002 in 21 OECD countries is the average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) 16.7% of "official" GDP and of 22...

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Does corruption promote emigration? : an empirical examination

Cooray, Arusha; Schneider, Friedrich - 2014

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between corruption and the emigration of those with high, medium and low levels of educational attainment. The empirical results indicate that as corruption increases the emigration rate of those with high levels of educational attainment also...

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Shadow economies around the world : size, causes, and consequences

Schneider, Friedrich; Enste, Dominik - 1999

Using various methods (currency demand, physical input (electricity) method, model approach), which are discussed and criticized, estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition and OECD-countries are presented. The average size of a shadow economy varies from 12 percent...

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

Medina, Leandro; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017 - Revised version

Using the MIMIC method, this paper is a first attempt to estimate the size of the shadow economy of 158 countries over the period 1991 up to 2015. In addition to performing a variety of robustness tests, this paper explicitly addresses endogeneity concerns to the use of GDP as cause and...

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The credibility of monetary policy announcements : empirical evidence for OECD countries since the 1960s

Belke, Ansgar; Freytag, Andreas; Keil, Jonas; … - In: International review of economics & finance : IREF 33 (2014), pp. 217-227

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Drivers of the underground economy around the millienium : a long term look for the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017

This paper provides a long term analysis of the determinants of the shadow economy. Using data for the United States over the years 1870–2014 we examine economic and political factors driving the underground sector. Results show that among the economic factors, greater economic prosperity...

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How does corruption affect public debt? : an empirical analysis

Cooray, Arusha; Dzhumashev, Ratbek; Schneider, Friedrich - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 90 (2017), pp. 115-127

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