Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/81879
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Sveriges Riksbank Working Paper Series No. 204
Publisher: 
Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm
Abstract: 
We use an 'unexplained demand for cash' approach to measure the size of the shadow economy in Sweden. The size of the shadow economy is found to have increased from 3.8 to 6.5 per cent of GDP from 1990 to 2004. This result is also supported by our finding of an increased residual between households' recorded disposable income and their consumption, investments and changes in net financial positions. Moreover, the correlation between the demand for cash that cannot be explained by recorded transactions and this residual is strong.
Subjects: 
Cash use
demand for cash
shadow economy
National Accounts
Financial Accounts
JEL: 
E41
E26
H26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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