Dodging the grabbing hand
The determinants of unofficial activity in 69 countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23341069 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Friedman (0000-0003-2438-8049, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Simon Johnson (0009-0003-7488-673X, corresponding author), Daniel Kaufmann (0000-0003-3260-0660, World Bank), Pablo Zoido-Lobatón (World Bank) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-493 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2727 • E-ISSN: 1879-2316 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0047-2727(99)00093-6 |
| OpenAlex | W3122162706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 188 |
| References cited | 13 |
Bureaucracy · Development economics · Economic policy · Economics · Language change · Monetary economics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Revenue · Tax revenue · Corruption and Economic Development · Economic Growth and Development · Finance · Taxation and Compliance Studies
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Determinants of Tax Compliance — A Cross-Country Analysis
Combating Corruption with Bargaining Disruption
Corruption with Heterogeneous Enforcement Agents in the Shadow Economy
Does urbanization formalize the economy? The role of local governance in Vietnam
Democracy, Inequality and Corruption
Informality, Inequality and Social Reintegration in Post-War Transition
Latin American Corruption in Geographic Perspective
Causes of the Unofficial Economy in New Eu Member States
La nouvelle economie politique en Afrique
Taxing the unobservable
What is to be done about undeclared work? Evaluating the policy options
What Do We Know about Tax Fraud
Measuring True Sales and Underreporting with Matched Firm-Level Survey and Tax Office Data
Mission impossible
Shadow Economies
The Unofficial Economy and Economic Development
The importance of faith
Emerging Tiger? The Paradoxes of the Philippine Economy
Inclusive Growth and Development Issues in Eastern and Southern Africa
Ownership, Competition, and Corruption
The Long Shadow of Informality
Seeds of Corruption
Fighting Corruption in the Public Sector
Improving Transparency in Pharmaceutical Systems
Does Corruption Impact On Firms' Ability To Conduct Business In Mauritania ? Evidence From Investment Climate Survey Data
Anthropology and Tax
Syndromes of Corruption
Good Enough Governance Revisited
How do institutions affect corruption and the shadow economy?
Blunt Instruments
Shadow economies around the world
Informality
SMEs, Growth, and Poverty
Internal Conflicts and Shadow Economies
The Upsides and Downsides of Generalized Trust
Shadow Economies and the Success of Economic Sanctions
Looking for a Fair Country
Tax evasion, tax corruption and stochastic growth
Subdeclaración de ventas en la Argentina
Changing the Old Narratives and Approaches in Curbing Corruption
Do financial development and institutional quality impede or stimulate the shadow economy? A comparative analysis of developed and developing countries
Foreign higher education and corruption
Effects of Informal Competition on Formal Firm Revenue Quantiles
Does tourism activity reduce the size of the informal economy? Capturing long-term heterogeneous linkages around the world
Does corruption impede innovation in developing economies? Insights from Pakistan
Remittance flows and informal economies in post‐Soviet transition countries
Poverty and the shadow economy
Globalisation and informality
Estimating the effects of Syrian civil war
The Jedi path to formal economy
Does corruption moderate the military spending – Informal economy nexus? The empirical evidence from Asian countries
Attachment to Government and Support for Government Debt
The causal effects of rule of law & property rights on fiscal capacity
Formal Firms with Bribery in a Dynamic Business Environment
Registration at founding and firm performance
Education and the Shadow Economy
Shadow Economy in the Countryside of Russian Regions
The backsliding of democracy in the EU
A comparative measure of inclusive urbanisation in the cities of Africa
The Dividends of Good Governance
The Impact of Informal Economy on Poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Does Institutional Quality Matter
Reforming and Performing the Informal Economy
Out of the Gray
Norms, Corruption, and Voting for Berlusconi
The Law and Economics of Bribery and Extortion
Worlds apart? The World Bank’s business rankings and small entrepreneurship in Tajikistan
Serious tax noncompliance
Institutional quality and economic growth
Tax Evasion
Innovation and role of corruption and diversity
Refiguring the nature of undeclared work
The epidemic of petit corruption in contemporary Cambodia
Addressing (in)formality
Labour informality in forestry
When ‘ uncertainty ’ becomes ‘ unknown ’
Moderating effects of corruption and informality on the fiscal decentralization—economic growth nexus
Does government effectiveness moderate public spending on education–shadow economy nexus in Asean countries
Seeking Rent in the Informal Sector
Shadow economy and income inequality
The Glass Ceiling Puzzle, Legal Institutions, and the Shadow Economy
Explaining gender differences in tax evasion
Does the economic freedom hinder the underground economy? Evidence from a cross-country analysis
Regulation and shadow economy
Institutions and human development in the Latin American informal economy
Geographically uneven landscapes of Asian corruption
Is informality a barrier to sustainable development
Tax morale, Eastern Europe and European enlargement
Who is Afraid of Informal Competition? The Role of Finance for Firms in Developing and Emerging Economies
Informal Work in India
Labor market competitiveness and the size of the informal sector
Peacekeeping operations and shadow economy growth in host countries
Geographical variations in the nature of undeclared work
On handling urban informality in southern africa
How Does Corruption Affect Public Debt? An Empirical Analysis
To Pay or Not to Pay? Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Taxation in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa
Can e-government limit the scope of the informal economy
Exploiting the Poor
Determinants of the Level of Informality of Informal Micro-Enterprises
Links between firm registration and performance
The economics of the informal sector
Institutions and Economic Performance
Africa's Growth Tragedy
Corruption and Growth
Law and Finance
Black Market Work in the European Community
The Unofficial Economy in Transition
The quality of government
An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Government Tax and Auditing Policies on the Size of the Underground Economy
| Unique citing works | 188 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,23 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 171 |