This paper has attempted to provide estimates of the size of the underground economy and estimated tax evasion in Ghana from 1990 to 2010 which have received little consideration. The Stock-Watson DOLS estimate for currency demand was employed. Our estimates suggest that underground economy is...

This paper uses international trade data to investigate the extent to which firms evade taxes on corporate profits. Discrepancies between reports by importers and exporters of the same trade flow are used to indirectly estimate the extent of evasion. When a tax rate changes in one country, firms...