A magyar versenyképesség tényezőiről és alakulásáról az elmúlt években számos elemzés született, de az üzleti környezet egyes elemeinek versenyképesség-rontó hatásait csak alig vizsgálták. A tanulmány ezek összefoglaló elemzésére vállalkozik, kiemelve a...

A tanulmány az adóráták (különös tekintettel a munkát sújtó adórátákra) és a korrupció szintjének (mint extraadónak) az együttes hatását vizsgálja az adóbevételek GDP-hez viszonyított arányára 27 OECD-ország 2000-2004. évi adatai alapján. Az adóéknek a korrupció...

Achieving the long-term economic growth rate and development is the aspiration of all economic policy makers. Contemporary economic theory recognizes institutions as fundamental sources of economic prosperity. According to Douglas North (1991), institutions represent designed limitations that...

Se estudia los efectos de cambios en el salario mínimo utilizando una base de datos que registra 7 cambios consecutivos de este indicador (entre 2002 y 2011). Se estima que 1 millón de trabajadores tienen ingresos en la vecindad del salario mínimo. Los efectos sobre el empleo son decrecientes...

This paper studies the effects of the introduction of unemployment compensation (UC) in countries characterized by pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and informal activities, as well as the allocation of...

This study empirically investigates the determinants of aggregate federal personal income tax evasion in the U.S. using the most current data available from the IRS. In 2010, the IRS released a new series on personal income tax evasion data running through the year 2005. Using this new data, the...

This paper studies equilibrium effect of fiscal policy disturbances within a dynamic general equilibrium model where tax evasion and underground activities are explicitly incorporated. There are three main results. (i) The underground sector mitigates the distortionary impact of fiscal policies,...

This paper shows under indeterminacy and tax evasion, an increase in corporate, labor or income tax rates pushes the economy into an expansionary pattern. These effects are reversed when the steady state is saddle-path stable.

The determinants of aggregate income-tax-evasion behaviour as reflected in the size of the underground economy in the US are analysed. These factors include the federal personal income tax rate, the social security tax rate, the federal corporation income tax rate, the public's dissatisfaction...

Globalizing processes have profoundly shaped the European drugs situation. The illegal drug markets have reached to evolve and to transform all the advantages of this phenomenon, in their favor. Based on globalization aspects, the paper purpose is to present the main characteristics of illicit...