This paper provides a long term analysis of the determinants of the shadow economy. Using data for the United States … bigger government reduced it, with the effects of inflation being statistically insignificant. Politically, the efficacy of … relationship between the shadow economy and its determinants exhibit some remarkable differences. …

firm-specific and macroeconomic determinants of profitability of commercial banks in Ethiopia. The empirical analysis is … firm age and the inflation rate have a negative but statistically insignificant effect on the profitability of banks in …