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Size and development of the shadow economies of 157 countries worldwide : updated and new measures from 1999 to 2013
Hassan, Mai; Schneider, Friedrich - 2016
This paper is a first attempt to study the size and development of the shadow economies of 157 countries over 1999 to 2013. Using a MIMIC model, we find that higher tax and regulatory burden, unemployment and self-employment rates are drivers of the shadow economy, meaning that an increase of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571848
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America's Underground Economy : Measuring the Size, Growth and Determinants of Income Tax Evasion in the U.S
Feige, Edgar L. - 2016
This study empirically investigates the extent of noncompliance with the tax code and examines the determinants of federal income tax evasion in the U.S. Employing a refined version of Feige's (1986; 1989) General Currency Ratio (GCR) model to estimate a time series of unreported income as our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012998598
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Size and Development of the Shadow Economies of 157 Countries Worldwide : Updated and New Measures from 1999 to 2013
Hassan, Mai - 2016
This paper is a first attempt to study the size and development of the shadow economies of 157 countries over 1999 to 2013. Using a MIMIC model, we find that higher tax and regulatory burden, unemployment and self-employment rates are drivers of the shadow economy, meaning that an increase of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980344
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Payment innovations, the shadow economy and cash demand of households in euro area countries
Reimers, Hans-Eggert; Schneider, Friedrich; Seitz, Franz - 2020
We analyze for the first time cash holdings of private households in all euro area countries from 2002 to 2019 within a panel cointegration framework. Besides the traditional determinants of cash demand like transactions balances and opportunity costs, we concentrate on cashless payments media...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291866
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Cash in circulation and the shadow economy : an empirical investigation for Euro area countries and beyond
Seitz, Franz; Reimers, Hans-Eggert; Schneider, Friedrich - 2018
We analyze the net issues of the national euro area central banks in relation to the dynamics of the shadow economy within a panel cointegration framework. Besides the total net issues, we distinguish between large, medium and small euro banknotes and take due account of other determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872942
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Size and determinants of the shadow economy in Nigeria : evidence from a monetary approach
Karimo, Tari M.; Tumala, Mohammed M.; Wambai, Ibrahim U. - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 13 (2022) 2, pp. 1-40
This study investigates the size and determinants of the shadow economy in Nigeria. It adopts an aggregation approach within the monetary framework and utilises the ARDL estimation technique to analyse quarterly data from 2010 Q1 to 2019 Q4. On average, the results suggest that the quarterly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014364188
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Drivers of the Shadow Economy in European Union Welfare States : A Panel Data Analysis
Mara, Eugenia Ramona - 2022
This paper carries out an extensive analysis of the drivers of the shadow economy (SE) in the welfare states of the … to their welfare model: Nordic, Liberal, Continental, Mediterranean, and Eastern models. The relationship between the SE … derived from a causality analysis reveal the important role played by economic development and welfare in the SE’s decline in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014238656
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Shadow economies around the world : what do we know?
Schneider, Friedrich; Klinglmair, Robert - 2004
Using various statistical procedures, estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) over 1999-2000 in developing countries is 41%, in transition countries 38% and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009748283
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Robust determinants of the shadow economy : an international comparison
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2016
To synthesize the literature on determinants of the shadow economy, this paper uses three cross-national shadow economy measures and employs numerous determinants over hundreds of model combinations to identify robust determinants of the shadow economy and address modeling uncertainty. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457984
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On the boundaries of the shadow economy : an empirical investigation
Manes, Eran; Schneider, Friedrich; Tchetchik, Anat - 2016
A large number of empirical studies pointed to the ongoing expansion of the shadow economy in many countries around the globe. A robust finding in these studies is the positive association between unemployment rates and the size of the unofficial sector. However, with consistent estimates of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517459