Research classified by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes

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Top JEL
/ O: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
/ / O1: Economic Development
/ / / O17: Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

2009

• Alper Duman & Arne Heise, 2009, "Growth Engines of the South? South Africa’s, Brazil’s and Turkey’s market constellations in comparison," Working Papers, Izmir University of Economics, number 0909, Dec.
• Saumya Chakrabarti & Anirban Kundu, 2009, "Formal-Informal Sectors¡¯ Conflict: A Structuralist Framework For India," Journal of Economic Development, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Department of Economics, volume 34, issue 2, pages 27-67, December.
• Abdrahmane Wane & Ibra Touré & Véronique Ancey, 2009, "Assets of the Market, Assets of the Rural World: Pastoral Market Income Distribution in the Senegalese Sahel (Ferlo)," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., volume 18, issue 3-4, pages 232-248, September.
• Niclas Berggren, 2009, "Choosing one’s own informal institutions: on Hayek’s critique of Keynes’s immoralism," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 20, issue 2, pages 139-159, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-008-9055-3.
• Frank Wätzold, 2009, "Explaining differences in EMAS participation rates across Europe: the importance of institutions, incomplete information and path dependence," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, volume 28, issue 1, pages 67-82, August, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-009-9099-5.
• Ann Owen & Julio Videras & Lewis Davis, 2009, "Do all countries follow the same growth process?," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, volume 14, issue 4, pages 265-286, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10887-009-9046-x.
• Dietrich Vollrath, 2009, "The dual economy in long-run development," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, volume 14, issue 4, pages 287-312, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10887-009-9045-y.
• Fabio Padovano & Roberto Ricciuti, 2009, "Political competition and economic performance: evidence from the Italian regions," Public Choice, Springer, volume 138, issue 3, pages 263-277, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9358-y.
• Claudia Williamson, 2009, "Informal institutions rule: institutional arrangements and economic performance," Public Choice, Springer, volume 139, issue 3, pages 371-387, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9399-x.
• Axel Dreher & Lars-H. Siemers, 2009, "The nexus between corruption and capital account restrictions," Public Choice, Springer, volume 140, issue 1, pages 245-265, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9423-1.
• Jeffrey Nugent & Grigor Sukiassyan, 2009, "Small Firms and Formality: The Influence of Judicial Efficiency and Regulation Costs," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, volume 34, issue 4, pages 349-371, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11151-009-9213-4.
• Carlos Humberto Ortiz, 2009, "The War on Drugs is Counterproductive, Once Again," Lecturas de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, Departamento de Economía, issue 71, pages 19-42.
• Joachim Merz, 2009, "Time Use and Time Budgets – Improvements, Future Challenges and Recommendations," FFB-Discussionpaper, Research Institute on Professions (Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe (FFB)), LEUPHANA University Lüneburg, number 78, May.
• Stefan Voigt, 2009, "Does Arbitration Blossom when State Courts are Bad?," MAGKS Papers on Economics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung), number 200906.
• Stefan Voigt, 2009, "Positive Constitutional Economics II—A Survey of Recent Developments," MAGKS Papers on Economics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung), number 200936.
• Stefan Voigt, 2009, "How (Not) to Measure Institutions," MAGKS Papers on Economics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung), number 200937.
• Stefan Voigt, 2009, "How to Measure the Rule of Law," MAGKS Papers on Economics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung), number 200938.
• Tayebi, Seyed Komail & ,, 2009, "Bank Credits and Other Determinants of Business Environment in Iran," Journal of Monetary and Banking Research (فصلنامه پژوهش‌های پولی-بانکی), Monetary and Banking Research Institute, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, volume 1, issue 1, pages 57-78, December.
• George Grantham, 2009, "Science And Its Transactions Cost: The Emergence Of Institutionalized Science," Departmental Working Papers, McGill University, Department of Economics, number 2009-05, May.
• Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Benno Torgler, 2009, "The Evolution of Tax Morale in Modern Spain," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 43, issue 1, pages 1-28, DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624430101.
• Andreas Buehn & Alexander Karmann & Friedrich Schneider, 2009, "Shadow Economy and Do-it-Yourself Activities: The German Case," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, volume 165, issue 4, pages 701-722, December.
• Jean-Pierre Lachaud, 2009, "Profits, efficience et genre des micro-entreprises urbaines à Madagascar. Existe-t-il une courbe de Kuznets ?," Documents de travail, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, number 148, Feb.
• CASTRO, Rui & CLEMENTI, Gian Luca, 2009, "The Economic Effects of Improving Investor Rights in Portugal," Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques, number 2009-07.
• CASTRO, Rui & CLEMENTI, Gian Luca & MACDONALD, Glenn, 2009, "Legal Institutions, Sectoral Heterogeneity, and Economic Development," Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques, number 2009-08.
• CASTRO, Rui & CLEMENTI, Gian Luca, 2009, "The Economic Effects of Improving Investor Rights in Portugal," Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ, number 08-2009.
• CASTRO, Rui & CLEMENTI, Gian Luca & MACDONALD, Glenn, 2009, "Legal Institutions, Sectoral Heterogeneity, and Economic Development," Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ, number 09-2009.
• Cyrus C. M. Mody, 2009, "Instruments of Commerce and Knowledge: Probe Microscopy, 1980-2000," NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, "Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment".
• Claudio Ferraz & Frederico Finan, 2009, "Electoral Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from the Audits of Local Governments," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14937, Apr.
• Benjamin A. Olken & Monica Singhal, 2009, "Informal Taxation," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 15221, Aug.
• Lee J. Alston & Edwyna Harris & Bernardo Mueller, 2009, "De Facto and De Jure Property Rights: Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian, Brazilian and U.S. Frontiers," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 15264, Sep.

2008

• Nicholas Stern, 2008, "The Economics of Climate Change," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 98, issue 2, pages 1-37, May, DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.1.
• Dani Rodrik, 2008, "Second-Best Institutions," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 98, issue 2, pages 100-104, May, DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.100.
• Erica Field & Matthew Levinson & Rohini Pande & Sujata Visaria, 2008, "Segregation, Rent Control, and Riots: The Economics of Religious Conflict in an Indian City," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 98, issue 2, pages 505-510, May, DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.505.
• William Easterly, 2008, "Institutions: Top Down or Bottom Up?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 98, issue 2, pages 95-99, May, DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.95.
• David A. Jaeger & M. Daniele Paserman, 2008, "The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 98, issue 4, pages 1591-1604, September, DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.4.1591.
• Jean-Marie Baland & James A. Robinson, 2008, "Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 98, issue 5, pages 1737-1765, December, DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.5.1737.
• Kaushik Basu, 2008, "The Enigma of India," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, volume 46, issue 2, pages 396-406, June.
• Marcoul, Philippe & Veyssiere, Luc, 2008, "A Financial Contracting Approach to the Role of Supermarkets in Farmers' Credit Access," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association), number 6366, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6366.
• Gorton, Matthew & Sauer, Johannes & Peshevski, Mile & Bosev, Dane & Shekerinov, Darko & Quarrie, Steve, undated, "Water Communities In The Republic Of Macedonia: An Empirical Analysis Of Membership Satisfaction And Payment Behaviour," 82nd Annual Conference, March 31 - April 2, 2008, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, UK, Agricultural Economics Society, number 36852, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.36852.
• Gorton, Matthew & Sauer, Johannes & Peshevski, Mile & Bosev, Dane & Shekerinov, Darko & Quarrie, Steve, 2008, "Water Communities in the Republic of Macedonia: an empirical analysis of membership satisfaction and payment behaviour," 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium, European Association of Agricultural Economists, number 44161, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.44161.
• Berger, Helge & Nitsch, Volker, 2008, "Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade," Conference papers, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project, number 331735.
• Boadway, Robin & Sato, Motohiro, 2008, "Optimal Tax Design and Enforcement with an Informal Sector," Queen's Economics Department Working Papers, Queen's University - Department of Economics, number 273644, Jun, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.273644.
• Jaideep Roy & Prabal Roy Chowdhury, 2008, "Public-private partnerships in microfinance: Should NGO involvement be restricted?," Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, number 08-11, Jun.
• MutaÅŸcu Mihai, 2008, "Shadow Economy, Economic Growth And Labor Market. Romanian Case," Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica, Faculty of Sciences, "1 Decembrie 1918" University, Alba Iulia, volume 1, issue 10, pages 1-36.
• John Messier & Maria Floro, 2008, "Measuring the Quality of Employment in the Informal Sector," Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics, number 2008-10, Jul, DOI: 10.17606/5v7f-b802.
• Ernesto A. O'Connor, 2008, "Problemas de competitividad de las exportaciones argentinas," Ensayos de Política Económica, Departamento de Investigación Francisco Valsecchi, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina., volume 1, issue 2, pages 106-125, Octubre.
• Olivier Dagnelie & Philippe LeMay-Boucher, 2008, "Rosca Participation in Benin: a Commitment Issue," UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC), number 735.08, Feb.
• Chikako Yamauchi, 2008, "Community-based Targeting and Initial Local Conditions: Evidence from Indonesia’s IDT Program," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University, number 584, Aug.
• Alcaraz Carlo & Chiquiar Daniel & Ramos Francia Manuel, 2008, "Intersectoral Wage Differentials and the Change of the Composition of Urban Employment in Mexico during 2001-2004," Working Papers, Banco de México, number 2008-06, Jul.
• Sandra V. Rozo V, 2008, "Costos laborales: una aproximación teórica a sus efectos," Revista ESPE - Ensayos sobre Política Económica, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, volume 26, issue 57, pages 72-128, December, DOI: 10.32468/Espe.5702.
• Sabine Bernabè & Gorana Krstić, 2008, "Labour Markets As A Transmission Channel From Growth To Poverty Reduction: Evidence From Vietnam And Burkina Faso, 1993-2003," Economic Annals, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade, volume 53, issue 178-179, pages 72-121, July - De.
• Pelletier, A. & Rocher, E., 2008, "Les transferts de revenus des migrants : quel impact sur le développement économique et financier des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne ?," Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 173, pages 27-38.
• Rocher, E. & Pelletier, A., 2008, "Migrant workers’ remittances: what is the impact on the economic and financial development of Sub-Saharan African countries?," Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 13, pages 103-120, Autumn.
• Olivier Dagnelie & Philippe LeMay-Boucher, 2015, "Rosca Participation in Benin: a Commitment Issue," Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics, number 339, Sep.
• Rafael La Porta & Andrei Shleifer, 2008, "The Unofficial Economy and Economic Development," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, volume 39, issue 2 (Fall), pages 275-363.
• Pierre‐Guillaume Méon & Khalid Sekkat, 2008, "Institutional Quality And Trade: Which Institutions? Which Trade?," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, volume 46, issue 2, pages 227-240, April, DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2007.00064.x.
• Ariane Lambert‐Mogiliansky & Mukul Majumdar & Roy Radner, 2008, "Petty corruption: A game‐theoretic approach," International Journal of Economic Theory, The International Society for Economic Theory, volume 4, issue 2, pages 273-297, June, DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7363.2008.00078.x.
• Jann Lay & Rainer Thiele & Manfred Wiebelt, 2008, "Resource Booms, Inequality, And Poverty: The Case Of Gas In Bolivia," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, volume 54, issue 3, pages 407-437, September, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00281.x.
• James E. Anderson, 2008, "Terrorism, Trade and Public Policy," Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics, number 701, Dec.
• James E. Anderson, 2008, "Commercial Policy in a Predatory World," Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics, number 703, May.
• Erica Field & Matthew Levinson & Rohini Pande & Sujata Visaria, 2008, "Segregation, Rent Control, and Riots: The Economics of Religious Conflict in an Indian City," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics, number dp-174, Apr.
• Nicolas Meisel & Jacques Ould Aoudia, 2008, "L'insaisissable relation entre « bonne gouvernance » et développement," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, volume 59, issue 6, pages 1159-1191.
• Kevin Sylwester, 2008, "Historical legacy and institutions across countries," Journal of Applied Economics, Universidad del CEMA, volume 11, pages 373-398, November.
• Mariano Bosch & Marco Manacorda, 2008, "Minimum Wages and Earnings Inequality in Urban Mexico. Revisiting the Evidence," CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, number dp0880, Jul.
• Jan Hanousek & Filip Palda, 2008, "Tax Evasion Dynamics in the Czech Republic: First Evidence of an Evasional Kuznets Curve," CERGE-EI Working Papers, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague, number wp360, Sep.
• Friedrich Schneider & Robert Klinglmair, 2004, "Shadow Economies around the World: What Do We Know?," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1167.
• W. Bentley MacLeod, 2006, "Reputations, Relationships and the Enforcement of Incomplete Contracts," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1730.
• Friedrich Schneider, 2006, "Shadow Economies and Corruption all over the World: What do we really Know?," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1806.
• Benno Torgler & Friedrich Schneider, 2007, "The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1899.
• Benno Torgler & Friedrich Schneider, 2007, "Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1923.
• Axel Dreher & Pierre-Guillaume Méon & Friedrich Schneider, 2007, "The Devil is in the Shadow – Do Institutions Affect Income and Productivity or only Official Income and Official Productivity?," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2150.
• Andreas Bühn & Friedrich Schneider, 2008, "MIMIC Models, Cointegration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2200.
• Jeremy Edwards & Sheilagh Ogilvie, 2008, "Contract Enforcement, Institutions and Social Capital: the Maghribi Traders Reappraised," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2254.
• Avner Greif, 2008, "Contract Enforcement and Institutions among the Maghribi Traders: Refuting Edwards and Ogilvie," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2350.
• Keith Blackburn & Kyriakos C. Neanidis & M. Emranul Haque, 2008, "Corruption, Seigniorage and Growth: Theory and Evidence," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2354.
• Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, 2008, "Illegal Trade in the Iranian Economy: Evidence from a Structural Model," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2397.
• Fabio Padovano & Roberto Ricciuti, 2008, "The Political Competition-Economic Performance Puzzle: Evidence from the OECD Countries and the Italian Regions," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2411.
• Helge Berger & Volker Nitsch, 2008, "Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2475.
• Andrea Gebauer, 2008, "Steuerausfälle im Bereich der Mehrwertsteuer : Gründe, Ausmaß und Abhilfemöglichkeiten," ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 31, April.
• Thiess Büttner & Peter Egger & Herbert Hofmann & Christian Holzner & Mario Larch & Volker Meier & Chang Woon Nam & Rigmar Osterkamp & Rüdiger Parsche & Martin Werding, 2006, "Tu felix Austria: Wachstums- und Beschäftigungspolitik in Österreich und Deutschland im Vergleich," ifo Forschungsberichte, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 31, February.
• Manuel Couret Pereira Branco, 2008, "Underdevelopment and Democratization in Africa," CEFAGE-UE Working Papers, University of Evora, CEFAGE-UE (Portugal), number 2008_06.
• Jens Chr. Andvig & Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, 2008, "Crime, Poverty and Police Corruption in Developing Countries," CMI Working Papers, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway, number 7.
• Matt Andrews, 2008, "Is Black Economic Empowerment a South African Growth Catalyst? (Or Could it Be...)," CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University, number 170, May.
• Velásquez Guijo Andrea P., 2008, "La formalidad en los derechos de propiedad: ¿Determinante de la estrategia militar de los actores armados?," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
• Sandra V. Rozo V., 2008, "Costos laborales: una aproximación teórica a sus efectos," Revista ESPE - Ensayos Sobre Política Económica, Banco de la República, volume 26, issue 57, pages 72-128, DOI: 10.32468/Espe.5702.
• Mauricio Santa María S. & Sandra Rozo V., 2008, "Informalidad empresarial en Colombia : alternativas para impulsar la productividd, el empleo y los ingresos," Working Papers Series. Documentos de Trabajo, Fedesarrollo, number 9189, Mar.
• Carlos Humberto Ortíz & Javier Andr�s Castro & Erika Raquel Badillo, 2008, ""Industrialization and growth: threshold effects of technological integration"," Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Valle, CIDSE, number 4894, Jul.
• Leonid POLISHCHUK, 2008, "Misuse of Institutions: Patterns and Causes," The Journal of Comparative Economic Studies (JCES), The Japanese Society for Comparative Economic Studies (JSCES), volume 4, pages 57-80, December.
• Francois, Patrick, 2008, "Norms and Institution Formation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 6735, Mar.
• Sciubba, Emanuela & Krishnan, Pramila, 2008, "Links and Architecture in Village Networks," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 6787, Apr.
• Campos, Nauro & Giovannoni, Francesco, 2008, "Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 6962, Sep.
• Benno Torgler & Bin Dong, 2008, "Corruption and Political Interest: Empirical Evidence at the Micro Level," CREMA Working Paper Series, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), number 2008-03, Jan.
• Bin Dong & Uwe Dulleck & Benno Torgler, 2008, "Conditional Corruption," CREMA Working Paper Series, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), number 2008-29, Nov.
• Tiago Neves Sequeira & Nuno Ferraz, 2008, "Is Education prejudiced by Country-Risk? A Panel-Data Study using Attainment Data and Country-Risk as a Rational Expectation," Working Papers de Gestão, Economia e Marketing (Management, Economics and Marketing Working Papers), Universidade da Beira Interior, Departamento de Gestão e Economia (Portugal), number e01/2008.
• Richard M. Bird & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Benno Torgler, 2008, "Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries," CEMA Working Papers, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics, number 582.
• Helge Berger & Volker Nitsch, 2008, "Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade," DEGIT Conference Papers, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade, number c013_026, Nov.
• Marek Góra & Oleksandr Rohozynsky & Irina Sinitsina & Mateusz Walewski, 2008, "Social Security Driven Tax Wedge and Its Effects on Employment and Shadow Employment," ESCIRRU Working Papers, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, number 8.
• Surajit Deb, 2008, "A Multi-Sectoral Analysis Of Terms Of Trade For India," Indian Economic Review, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, volume 43, issue 1, pages 47-68, July.
• Saradindu Bhaduri & Janashruti Chandra, 2008, "Informal Values and Formal Policies - A study of Japanese Technology Policy and Significance for India," Development Economics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, number 22144, Jan.
• Antonio Estache & Liam Wren-Lewis, 2008, "Towards a Theory of Regulation for Developing Countries: Following Laffont's Lead," Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 2008_018.
• Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane & Majudar, Mukul & Radner, Roy, 2008, "Petty Corruption: A Game-Theoretic Approach," Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics, number 08-09, Dec.
• Kristjanson, Patti & Reid, Robin & Dickson, Nancy & Clark, William C. & Vishnubhotla, Prasad & Romney, Dannie & Bezkorowajnyj, Peter & Said, Mohammed & Kaelo, Dickson & Makui, Ogeli & Nkedianye, David, 2008, "Linking International Agricultural Research Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Poverty Alleviation: What Works?," Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, number rwp08-045, Sep.
• Jha, Saumitra, 2008, "Trade, Institutions and Religious Tolerance: Evidence from India," Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, number 2004, Jan.
• Henry, Peter B. & Miller, Conrad, 2008, "Institutions versus Policies: A Tale of Two Islands," Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, number 2012, Dec.
• John Bennett, 2008, "Formality, Informality, and Social Welfare," CEDI Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University, number 08-06, Jun.
• Nauro F. Campos & Francesco Giovannoni, 2008, "Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes," CEDI Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University, number 08-16, Sep.
• Zhang, Guibin, 2008, "The choice of formal or informal finance: Evidence from Chengdu, China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 19, issue 4, pages 659-678, December.
• Ahlin, Christian & Pang, Jiaren, 2008, "Are financial development and corruption control substitutes in promoting growth?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 86, issue 2, pages 414-433, June.
• Bird, Richard M. & Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge & Torgler, Benno, 2008, "Tax Effort in Developing Countries and High Income Countries: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, volume 38, issue 1, pages 55-71, March.
• Schneider, Friedrich, 2008, "The Shadow Economy in Germany - A Blessing or a Curse for the Official Economy?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, volume 38, issue 1, pages 89-111, March.
• Ñopo, Hugo, 2008, "An extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to a continuum of comparison groups," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 100, issue 2, pages 292-296, August.
• Volpe Martincus, Christian & Carballo, Jerónimo, 2008, "Is export promotion effective in developing countries? Firm-level evidence on the intensive and the extensive margins of exports," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, volume 76, issue 1, pages 89-106, September.
• Aidis, Ruta & Estrin, Saul & Mickiewicz, Tomasz, 2008, "Institutions and entrepreneurship development in Russia: A comparative perspective," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, volume 23, issue 6, pages 656-672, November.
• Gorodnichenko, Yuriy & Grygorenko, Yegor, 2008, "Are oligarchs productive? Theory and evidence," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, volume 36, issue 1, pages 17-42, March.
• Fidrmuc, Jan & Gërxhani, Klarita, 2008, "Mind the gap! Social capital, East and West," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, volume 36, issue 2, pages 264-286, June.
• Feige, Edgar L. & Urban, Ivica, 2008, "Measuring underground (unobserved, non-observed, unrecorded) economies in transition countries: Can we trust GDP?," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, volume 36, issue 2, pages 287-306, June.
• Berman, Eli & Laitin, David D., 2008, "Religion, terrorism and public goods: Testing the club model," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, volume 92, issue 10-11, pages 1942-1967, October.
• Q M Ahmed & M Haider Hussain, 2008, "Estimating the Black Economy through a Monetary Approach: A Case Study of Pakistan," Economic Issues Journal Articles, Economic Issues, volume 13, issue 1, pages 45-60, March.
• Friedrich Schneider & Friedrich Schneider, 2008, "Shadow Economies and Corruption all over the World: What do we Really Know?," Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 7, in: Michael Pickhardt & Edward Shinnick, "The Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance".
• Fields, Gary S., 2008, "Guía para los modelos multisectoriales del mercado de trabajo en los países en desarrollo," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, volume 75, issue 298, pages 257-297, abril-jun, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v75i.
• Sonia Di Giannatale & Ricardo Smith Ramírez & Gibrán Ramírez Abarca, 2008, "Análisis empírico simultáneo de los beneficios y el tamaño óptimo de las microempresas informales: evidencia para México," Working Papers, CIDE, División de Economía, number DTE 429, Aug.
• Gerardo Esquivel Hernández, 2008, "¿Es la política social una causa de la informalidad en México?," Ensayos Revista de Economía, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, volume 27, issue 1, pages 1-32, May, DOI: 10.29105/ensayos27.1-1.
• Mohamed Osman Suliman & Mahmoud Sami Nabi, 2008, "The Institutional Environment and the Banking – Growth Nexus: Theory and Investigation for MENA," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 392, Jan, revised 01 Jan 2008.
• Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, 2008, "Illegal Trade in the Iranian Economy: Evidence from a Structural Model," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 409, Jan, revised 06 Jan 2008.
• Bojan Nastav & Štefan Bojnec, 2008, "Small Businesses and the Shadow Economy," Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, volume 58, issue 01-02, pages 68-81, January.
• Benno Torgler & Bin Dong, 2008, "Corruption and Political Interest: Empirical Evidence at the Micro Level," Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, number 2008.39, Apr.
• Galina Hale & Cheryl Long, 2008, "Did Foreign Direct Investment Put an Upward Pressure on Wages in China?," Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, number 2006-25, May, DOI: 10.24148/wp2006-25.
• Norbert Fiess & Marco Fugazza, 2008, "Trade Liberalisation and Informality: New stylized facts," Working Papers, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow, number 2008_34, Dec.
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