Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18007
Year of Publication: 
2007
Citation: 
[Journal:] Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal [ISSN:] 1864-6042 [Volume:] 1 [Issue:] 2007-9 [Publisher:] Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 2007 [Pages:] 1-66
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Estimations of the shadow economies for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over 1999 to 2005 are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as a percent of "official" GDP) in 2004/05 in 96 developing countries is 36.7%, in 25 transition countries 38.8% and in 21 OECD countries 14.8%. An increased burden of taxation and social security contributions, combined with a labour market regulation are the driving forces of the shadow economy. Furthermore, the results show that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. Finally, the various estimation methods are discussed and critically evaluated.
Subjects: 
shadow economy of 145 countries
tax burden
tax moral
quality of state institutions
regulation
DYMIMIC and other estimation methods
JEL: 
H11
H26
O17
O5
D78
H2
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Document Type: 
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