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dc.contributor.authorChoi, Jay Pilen
dc.contributor.authorThum, Marcelen
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-13T10:43:58Z-
dc.date.available2011-07-13T10:43:58Z-
dc.date.issued2003-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/48125-
dc.description.abstractThis paper develops a simple framework to analyze the links between corruption and the unofficial economy and their implications for the official economy. In a model of self-selection with heterogeneous entrepreneurs, we show that the entrepreneurs' option to flee to the underground economy constrains a corrupt official's ability to introduce distortions to the economy for private gains. The unofficial economy thus mitigates government-induced distortions and, as a result, leads to enhanced economic activities in the official sector. In this sense, the presence of the unofficial sector acts as a complement to the official economy rather than a substitute.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aTechnische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften |cDresdenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics |x02/03en
dc.subject.jelD9en
dc.subject.jelH2en
dc.subject.jelK4en
dc.subject.jelL1en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcorruptionen
dc.subject.keywordshadow economyen
dc.subject.keywordofficial economyen
dc.subject.keywordself-selectionen
dc.subject.stwKorruptionen
dc.subject.stwSchattenwirtschaften
dc.subject.stwWohlfahrtseffekten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleCorruption and the shadow economy-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn82209035Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:tuddps:0203en

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