This paper investigates whether corruption has contributed to the rise of the shadow economy in Uganda. Using … between corruption and the size of the shadow economy in both the long- and short-run. Additionally, the causality results … reveal a bidirectional causal relationship between the shadow economy and corruption, and vice versa. These findings suggest …

This paper develops a game theoretic model of corruption in tax assessments. Bureaucrats are assumed to be … heterogeneous in the level of corruption and the favors they offer to the public. Our first result establishes the optimal amount of …

shadow economy. -- shadow economy ; tax morale ; governance quality ; government intervention ; corruption …

morale ; institutional quality ; government intervention ; corruption …

This article investigates the relationship between corruption and firm performance in Greece using firm level data …. Corruption is overall negatively associated with firm size and growth at the firm level. We focus on the effect of … ‘administrative corruption’, whereby firms engage in corrupt practices and bribery of government officials. We contrast the firm …

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 …

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 …

In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even if they have democratic … high corruption levels. Our model is based on the fact that corrupt offcials have to pay an entry fee to get lucrative … positions. In a probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead to more corruption as more …

Corruption is notoriously hard to measure directly, and cross-country corruption indices thus often rely on indirect … information such as country experts' or international businessmen's perceptions. Transparency International's Corruption …

incidence of corruption is another distinctive feature of SSA. According to the last Transparency International Corruption … Perception Index almost 70% of SSA countries ranked register score below 3, indicating that corruption is perceived as rampant …. However, to the best of our knowledge the corruption and informality nexus has never been explored in comprehensive empirical …