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Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis

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Axel Dreher () (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)
Friedrich Schneider () (University of Linz and IZA Bonn)

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This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a panel of 70 countries for the period 1994-2002. Our results show 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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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 1936.

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Keywords: corruption; shadow economy; regulation; tax burden;

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D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion
O17 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
O5 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies

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