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

2008

• Markus Goldstein & Christopher Udry, 2008, "The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, volume 116, issue 6, pages 981-1022, December, DOI: 10.1086/595561.
• Roberto Dell'Anno & Adalgiso Amendola, 2008, "Istituzioni, Diseguaglianza ed Economia Sommersa: quale relazione?," Quaderni DSEMS, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Matematiche e Statistiche, Universita' di Foggia, number 24-2008, Dec.
• Peter Murrell & Radu Paun, 2008, "Caveat venditor: The conditional effect of relationship-specific investment on contractual behavior," Electronic Working Papers, University of Maryland, Department of Economics, number 08-001, Jul.
• Bagdja Muljarijadi & Rahmat Thio, 2008, "Economic Valuation of Urban Informal Activities: Case Study of Flea Markets in Bandung Municipality," Working Papers in Economics and Development Studies (WoPEDS), Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University, number 200802, May, revised May 2008.
• Benito Arruñada, 2008, "How "Doing Business" jeopardizes institutional reform," Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, number 1088, May.
• Mariko Klasing, 2008, "The Cultural Roots of Institutions," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2008, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, number 2008-24, Nov.
• Jos� Brambila Macias & Guido Cazzavillan, 2008, "Modelling the Informal Economy in Mexico. A Structural Equation Approach," Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari", number 2008_41.
• Jos� Brambila Macias & Guido Cazzavillan, 2008, "The Dynamics of Parallel Economies. Measuring the Informal Sector in M�xico," Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari", number 2008_42.
• Liliane Karlinger, 2008, "The Underground Economy in the Late 1990s: Evading Taxes, or Evading Competition?," Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics, number vie0802, Jun.
• Shanker Satyanath & Arvind Subramanian, 2008, "Politička ekonomija nominalnih makroekonomskih poremećaja," Panoeconomicus, Savez ekonomista Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Serbia, volume 55, issue 1, pages 3-37.
• John Gibson & Bonggeun Kim & Chul Chung, 2008, "Using Panel Data to Exactly Estimate Under-Reporting by the Self-Employed," Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato, number 08/15, Oct.
• John Gibson & Susan Olivia, 2008, "The Effect of Infrastructure Access and Quality on Non-Farm Enterprises in Rural Indonesia," Working Papers in Economics, University of Waikato, number 08/17, Dec.
• Stanisław Cichocki, 2008, "Shadow economy and its relations with tax system and state budget in Poland 1995 - 2007," Working Papers, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, number 2008-05.
• Negri, Mariano & Porto, Guido G., 2008, "Burley tobacco clubs in Malawi : nonmarket institutions for exports," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4561, Mar.
• de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher, 2008, "Who are the microenterprise owners ? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4635, May.
• Bruhn, Miriam & Gallego, Francisco A., 2008, "Good, bad, and ugly colonial activities : studying development across the Americas," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4641, Jun.
• Deininger, Klaus & Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Alemu, Tekie, 2008, "Impacts of land certification on tenure security, investment, and land markets : evidence from Ethiopia," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4764, Oct.
• Yifu Lin, Justin & Li, Zhiyun, 2008, "Endogenous Institution Formation under a Catching-up Strategy in Developing Countries1," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4794, Dec.
• Edgar L. Feige & Ivica Urban, 2008, "Measuring Underground (Unobserved, Non-Observed, Unrecorded) Economies in Transition Countries: Can We Trust GDP?," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, number wp913, Mar.
• Nauro F. Campos & Francesco Giovannoni, 2008, "Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, number wp930, Sep.
• Andrés Erosa & Ana Hidalgo Cabrillana, 2008, "On Finance As A Theory Of Tfp, Cross‐Industry Productivity Differences, And Economic Rents," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, volume 49, issue 2, pages 437-473, May, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00486.x.
• Jessica Henson Decker & Jamus Jerome Lim, 2008, "What fundamentally drives growth? Revisiting the institutions and economic performance debate," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 20, issue 5, pages 698-725, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1454.
• Kohnert, Dirk, 2008, "Entfremdung und Ausgrenzung: Afrikas neuer Nationalismus in Zeiten der Globalisierung," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, volume 58, issue 2, pages 197-222.
• Berger, Helge & Nitsch, Volker, 2008, "Gotcha! A profile of smuggling in international trade," Discussion Papers, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics, number 2008/6.
• Dreher, Axel & Méon, Pierre-Guillaume & Schneider, Friedrich G., 2008, "The Devil is in the Shadow Do institutions affect income and productivity or only official income and official productivity," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zurich 2008, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics, number 11.
• Mijiyawa, Abdoul, 2008, "Inflation and Democracy in Former Extractive Colonies Analysis with a New Instrumental Variable," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zurich 2008, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics, number 28.
• Lay, Jann & Schüler, Dana, 2008, "Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zurich 2008, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics, number 39.
• Andvig, Jens Christopher, 2008, "Corruption and Armed Conflicts: Some Stirring Around in the Governance Soup," Economics Discussion Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 2008-3.
• Lay, Jann & Schüler, Dana, 2008, "Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 39907.
• Fuchs, Michaela & Wohlrabe, Klaus, 2008, "Institutions, trade, and integration: what can be expected within the enlarged EU?," Dresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics, number 16/08.
• 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, , "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.
• 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 & Juan Luis Ordaz-Díaz, 2008, "¿Es la política social una causa de la informalidad en México?," Ensayos Revista de Economia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Economia, volume 0, issue 1, pages 1-32, May.
• 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.
• Matt Andrews, 2008, "Is Black Economic Empowerment a South African Growth Catalyst? (Or Could it Be...)," Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab, number 14b, May.
• M. Shahid Ebrahim, 2008, "Can an Islamic Model of Housing Finance Cooperative Elevate the Economic Status of the Underprivileged?," Papers on Economics of Religion, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada., number 08/04, Oct.
• Jean-Philippe BERROU (GREThA-GRES) & François COMBARNOUS (GREThA-GRES), 2008, "Ties configuration in entrepreneurs’ personal network and economic performances in African urban informal economy," Cahiers du GRES (2002-2009), Groupement de Recherches Economiques et Sociales, number 2008-19.
• Jean-Philippe BERROU & François COMBARNOUS, 2008, "Ties configuration in entrepreneurs’ personal network and economic performances in African urban informal economy," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019), Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA), number 2008-25.
• Stephen C. Smith, 2008, "Long-run Causes of Comparative Development: An Interpretation of the Recent Evidence," Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy, number 2008-13.
• Rémi Bazillier, 2008, "Normes du travail, migrations internes et emploi : une analyse théorique," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL, number halshs-00275771, Mar.
• François Combarnous & Jean-Philippe Berrou, 2008, "Ties configuration in entrepreneurs' personal network and economic performances in African urban informal economy," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-00381890.
• Eliane El Badaoui & Eric Strobl & Frank Walsh, 2008, "Is there an Informal Employment Wage Penalty? Evidence from South Africa," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02124922.
• Rémi Bazillier, 2008, "Normes du travail, migrations internes et emploi : une analyse théorique," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00275771, Mar.
• Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky & Mukul Majumdar & Roy Radner, 2008, "Petty Corruption A Game Theoretic Approach," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00754288, May, DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7363.2008.00078.x.
• Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky & Mukul Majumdar & Roy Radner, 2008, "Petty Corruption A Game Theoretic Approach," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL, number halshs-00754288, May, DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7363.2008.00078.x.
• Shawn A. Cole, 2008, "Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India," Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School, number 09-001, Jul.
• Isaksson, Ann-Sofie, 2008, "Social divisions and institutions: Assessing institutional parameter variation," Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics, number 282, Feb, revised 24 Jan 2011.
• Douhan, Robin & Henrekson, Magnus, 2008, "Entrepreneurship and Second-best Institutions: Going Beyond Baumol’s Typology," Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, number 766, Sep, revised 27 Aug 2009.
• Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, 2008, "Institutions, taxation, and market relationships in ancient Athens," Working Papers, Lund University, Department of Economics, number 2008:9, Feb.
• Berggren, Niclas, 2008, "Choosing One’s Own Informal Institutions: On Hayek’s Critique of Keynes’s Immoralism," Ratio Working Papers, The Ratio Institute, number 118, Apr.
• Andrea P. Vel�squez Guijo, 2008, "The formality in property rights: determinant in the military strategy of armed actors," HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network, number 39, Jan.
• 鈴木, 拓 & Suzuki, Taku & 岩﨑, 一郎 & Iwasaki, Ichiro, 2008, "移行諸国の汚職水準とその決定要因, The determinants of corruption in transition economies: An empirical assessment," Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, number a508, Sep.
• La Porta, Rafael & Shleifer, Andrei, 2008, "The Unofficial Economy and Economic Development," Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics, number 33078210.
• Pagés, Carmen & Madrigal, Lucía, 2008, "Is Informality a Good Measure of Job Quality?: Evidence from Job Satisfaction Data," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 1098, Dec, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010725.
• Carmen Pages & Lucia Madrigal, 2008, "Is Informality a Good Measure of Job Quality? Evidence from Job Satisfaction Data," Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, number 4603, Dec.
• Sanchez-Pages, Santiago & Straub, Stéphane, 2008, "The Emergence of Institutions," IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, number 545, Nov.
• Friedrich Schneider, 2008, "Money laundering and financial means of organised crime: some preliminary empirical findings," Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, volume 10, issue 3, pages 309-330.
• Andrés Erosa & Ana Hidalgo Cabrillana, 2008, "On Finance As A Theory Of Tfp, Cross-Industry Productivity Differences, And Economic Rents," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, volume 49, issue 2, pages 437-473, May.
• Andreas Madestam, 2008, "Informal Finance: A Theory of Moneylenders," Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University, number 347.
• James Albrecht & Lucas Navarro & Susan Vroman, 2008, "The Effects of Labour Market Policies in an Economy with an Informal Sector," ILADES-UAH Working Papers, Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Business, number inv208, Sep.
• Miriam Bruhn & Francisco Gallego, 2008, "Good, Bad, and Ugly Colonial Activities: Studying Development Across the Americas," Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., number 334.
• Vimal Kumar & Stergios Skaperdas, 2008, "On The Economics oF Organized Crime," Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics, number 070815, Feb.
• Gorodnichenko, Yuriy & Grygorenko, Yegor, 2008, "Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3282, Jan.
• Buehn, Andreas & Schneider, Friedrich, 2008, "MIMIC Models, Cointegration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3306, Jan.
• Chiarini, Bruno & Marzano, Elisabetta & Schneider, Friedrich, 2008, "Tax Rates and Tax Evasion: An Empirical Analysis of the Structural Aspects and Long-Run Characteristics in Italy," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3447, Apr.
• de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher, 2008, "Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3511, May.
• Fiess, Norbert M. & Fugazza, Marco & Maloney, William F., 2008, "Informality and Macroeconomic Fluctuations," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3519, May.
• Bennett, John, 2008, "Formality, Informality, and Social Welfare," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3550, Jun.
• Dasgupta, Indraneel, 2008, "‘Living’ Wage, Class Conflict and Ethnic Strife," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3631, Aug.
• Campos, Nauro F. & Giovannoni, Francesco, 2008, "Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3693, Sep.
• Arias, Omar & Khamis, Melanie, 2008, "Comparative Advantage, Segmentation and Informal Earnings: A Marginal Treatment Effects Approach," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3916, Dec.
• Jane Arnold Lincove, 2008, "Growth, girls’ education, and female labor: a longitudinal analysis," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, volume 41, issue 2, pages 45-68, January-M.
• Zoltan J. Acs & Sameeksha Desai & Leora Klapper, 2008, "What Does "Entrepreneurship" Data Really Show?," Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, number 2008-007, Jan.
• Henry Louie & Donald Rousslang, 2008, "Host-country governance, tax treaties and US direct investment abroad," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, volume 15, issue 3, pages 256-273, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9020-5.
• Levon Barseghyan, 2008, "Entry costs and cross-country differences in productivity and output," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, volume 13, issue 2, pages 145-167, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10887-008-9026-6.
• Grigor Sukiassyan & Jeffrey Nugent, 2008, "Associations versus registration as alternative strategies of small firms," Small Business Economics, Springer, volume 31, issue 2, pages 147-161, August, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9085-7.
• Zoltan Acs & Sameeksha Desai & Leora Klapper, 2008, "What does “entrepreneurship” data really show?," Small Business Economics, Springer, volume 31, issue 3, pages 265-281, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9137-7.
• Sang-Min Park & Stefan Voigt, 2008, "Values and Norms Matter – On the Basic Determinants of Long-Run Economic Development," MAGKS Papers on Economics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung), number 200822.
• Rémi Bazillier, 2008, "Normes du travail, migrations internes et emploi : une analyse théorique," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, number bla08034, Mar.
• Thi Quynh Trang Do & Gérard Duchêne, 2008, "Determinants of self-employment: the case in Vietnam," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, number v08038, Sep.
• Eli Berman & David D. Laitin, 2008, "Religion, Terrorism and Public Goods: Testing the Club Model," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 13725, Jan.
• Tanika Chakraborty & Sukkoo Kim, 2008, "Caste, Kinship and Sex Ratios in India," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 13828, Mar.
• James E. Anderson, 2008, "Does Trade Foster Contract Enforcement?," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14045, May.
• Rafael La Porta & Andrei Shleifer, 2008, "The Unofficial Economy and Economic Development," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14520, Dec.

2007

• Attila Ambrus & Markus Mobius & Adam Szeidl, 2007, "Consumption Risk-sharing in Social Networks," Economics Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, number 0079, Nov.
• Laura Schechter, 2007, "Theft, Gift-Giving, and Trustworthiness: Honesty Is Its Own Reward in Rural Paraguay," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 97, issue 5, pages 1560-1582, December, DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.5.1560.
• Zezza, Alberto & Carletto, Calogero & Davis, Benjamin & Stamoulis, Kostas & Winters, Paul, , "Rural income generating activities: whatever happened to the institutional vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam," ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA), number 289036, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289036.
• Beyene, Fekadu, 2007, "The Role of Customary Institutions in Managing Conflict on Grazing Land: A Study from Mieso District, Eastern Ethiopia," Institutional Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Discussion Papers, Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Agricultural Economics, number 7703, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.7703.
• Lay, Jann & Thiele, Rainer & Wiebelt, Manfred, 2007, "Resource Booms, Inequality, and Poverty: The Case of Gas in Bolivia," Conference papers, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project, number 331645.
• Joan Esteban & Laura Mayoral & Debraj Ray, 2010, "Ethnicity And Conflict: An Empirical Study," UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC), number 840.10, Jul, revised 12 Dec 2011.
• Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Benno Torgler, 2007, "The Evolution of Tax Morale in Modern Spain," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, number paper0719, Aug.
• Evgenia Vassileva, 2007, "Characteristics of Informal Economy and Competitiveness in Transition to Market Economy," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 4, pages 126-152.
• Donato Masciandaro & María J. Nieto & Henriëtte Prast, 2007, "Financial governance of banking supervision," Working Papers, Banco de España, number 0725, Jul.
• Giorgio Gobbi & Roberta Zizza, 2007, "Does the underground economy hold back financial deepening? Evidence from the Italian credit market," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 646, Nov.
• Jayasri Dutta & Colin Rowat, 2004, "The Road to Extinction: Commons with Capital Markets," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, number 04-11, Apr, revised Jan 2007.
• James E. Anderson, 2007, "Does Trade Foster Contract Enforcement?," Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics, number 672, Jul.