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Illicit financial flows : illicit trade in counterfeit, pirated and substandard goods in Ghana
Lallerstedt, Karl - 2019
Illicit trade in goods that displace normally legal goods is an extensive global problem, which carries considerable development risks and losses for developing countries. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer goods (which in itself consists of a broad range of goods), this...
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Evaluating the use of personal connections to bypass formal procedures : a study of vriski in Republic of Macedonia
Williams, Colin C.; Bezeredi, Slavko - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 8 (2017) 2, pp. 169-182
The soliciting of personal favours for and from others in order to circumvent formal procedures is a common practice across the world, variously known as guanxi, wasta, blat, and jeitinho. Until now, however, there have been no known empirical studies of this practice in South-East Europe. This...
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Does corruption promote emigration? : corruption is a driving force of emigration, especially for high-skilled workers, but also for other workers
Schneider, Friedrich - 2015
Knowing whether corruption leads to higher emigration rates - and among which groups - is important because most labor … emigration is from developing to developed countries. If corruption leads highly-skilled and highlyeducated workers to leave … unemployment, lowering the returns to human capital and encouraging further emigration. Corruption also shifts public spending from …
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"Tiger-hunting" and life satisfaction : a matter of trust
Zhang, Youxing; Howley, Peter; Hetschko, Clemens - 2022
political support. Combining data on the public disclosure of anti-corruption efforts and individual well-being in China, we …
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Illicit shadows : an economic analysis of trade gaps in cultural goods through the Italian market
Acciai, Elia; Belloni, Michele; Della Giusta, Marina; … - 2023
corruption and adoption of protective legislation (UNESCO and UNIDROIT) and discuss results indicating further questions to be …
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The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy
Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007
This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of...
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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294540
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Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality: A panel analysis
Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007
This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of shadow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294548
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Does conditionality work? A test for an innovative US aid scheme
Öhler, Hannes; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - 2010
Corporation (MCC) was successful in promoting better control of corruption. We employ a difference … corruption over time. We conclude that - if designed properly - conditionality can work. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302714
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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - 2006
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330109