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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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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

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. …

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Heterogeneous convergence

Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel - 2013

We use U.S. county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9 percent and the New York estimate is 3.3 percent. Convergence rates are essentially uncorrelated with income levels.

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Federal, state, and local governments: Evaluating their separate roles in US growth

Higgins, Matthew J.; Young, Andrew T.; Levy, Daniel - 2008

We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...

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Tax Morale and Compliance Behavior: First Evidence on a Causal Link

Halla, Martin - 2010

Recent literature on tax evasion emphasizes the importance of moral considerations to explain compliance behavior. As a consequence scholars aim to identify factors that shape this so-called tax morale. However, the causal link between tax morale and actual compliance behavior is not established...

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Growth and Convergence across the US: Evidence from County-Level Data

Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel; Young, Andrew T. - 2005

We use U.S. county data (3,058 observations) and 41 conditioning variables to study growth and convergence. Using OLS and 3SLS-IV we report on the full sample and metro, non-metro, and 5 regional samples: (1) OLS yields convergence rates around 2 percent; 3SLS yields 6–8 percent; (2)...

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A dynamic managerial theory of corruption and productivity among firms in developing countries

Gander, James P. - 2013

productivity activities and another one involving corruption activities to get things done was developed. The model follows the …

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Macroeconomic analysis of corruption in developing economies

Gander, James P. - 2011

Based on empirical data, a two-equation game-type corruption reaction function model was developed. A data to model … principle. The latest data on corruption among developing countries was obtained from the Enterprise Surveys done by the World … equations were positively sloped. Time had a reducing effect on the frequency of domestic corruption, yet it had an increasing …

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An exploratory analysis of the effects of the formalisation policy for individual micro-entrepreneurs

Corseuil, Carlos Henrique L.; Neri, Marcelo; Ulyssea, … - 2014

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the potential impacts of the Lei do Empreendedor Individual (Individual Entrepreneur Law). We intend to present evidence that helps clarify, albeit only partially, whether the policy was successful in promoting: i) micro-entrepreneurship in Brazil;...

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