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How does corruption affect public debt? : an empirical analysis

Cooray, Arusha; Schneider, Friedrich - 2013 - Revised version

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and public debt in 106 countries. Results suggest that … corruption leads to an increase in public debt. We also investigate if the effect of corruption on pblic debt is increased by … government expenditure, the shadow economy and military expenditure. We find that the effect of corruption on public debt is …

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An exploration of the Greek shadow economy : can its transfer into the official economy provide economic relief amid the crisis?

Bitzenis, Aristidis P.; Vlachos, Vasileios A.; … - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 50 (2016) 1, pp. 165-196

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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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011697962

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

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

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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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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646238

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731027

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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The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy

Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007

This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294508

Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality: A panel analysis

Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007

This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of shadow...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294548

Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - 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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