Acta Oeconomica
Volume/Issue:
Volume 68: Issue 1
The impact of the institutional environment on the shadow economy
Authors:
Tural Makhmudov corresponding author. Research Assistant at the Department of Economic Theory, Samara State University of Economics, Russia

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Maria Konovalova Professor at the Department of Economic Theory, Samara State University of Economics, Russia

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Olga Kuzmina Associate Professor at the Department of Economic Theory, Samara State University of Economics, Russia

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Natalia Persteneva Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematical Statistics and Econometrics, Samara State University of Economics, Russia

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Pages:
115–133
Online Publication Date:
Mar 2018
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2018
Article Category:
Journal Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/032.2018.68.1.6
Keywords:
shadow economy; institutional environment; quality of institutions; trust in institutions; Russia; A13; B52; O43
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This article aims to explore the relationship of the shadow economy with the institutional environment and develop practical recommendations for government policies around the world, and particularly in Russia. The urgency of the issue under research is caused by the existing need to study the shadow economy in order to find ways to reduce its scale and level out its negative externalities. Despite the fact that most of the papers focus on tax burden as a fundamental determinant of the shadow economy, the authors of this article believe that institutional tools can expand the boundaries of research on the content of the shadow economy as an economic category. Statistical analysis of 105 countries with different development levels revealed a stronger correlation between the quality of institutions and the size of the shadow economy than the one between total tax burden and the size of the shadow economy. The findings of this article can be useful in developing state strategies for combating the shadow economy and carrying out economic policies of the state as a whole.

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Print ISSN:
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Editor(s): Judit Kálmán

Associate Editors

  • Péter Benczúr, Joint Joint Research Center, European Commission
  • Dóra Benedek, International Monetary Fund
  • Balázs Égert, OECD
  • Dániel Prinz, World Bank
  • Rok Spruk, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, Slovenia

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  • Anders Åslund, Georgetown University and Advisory Council of CASE, USA
  • István Benczes, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary 
  • Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
  • Fabrizio Coricelli, University of Siena, Italy
  • László Csaba, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary and Central European University, Austria
  • Beáta Farkas, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged, Hungary
  • Péter Halmai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and National University of Public Service, Hungary
  • Martin Kahanec, Central European University, Austria
  • David Kemme, University of Memphis, USA
  • Michael Landesmann, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW), Austria
  • Péter Mihályi, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
  • Debora Revoltella, European Investment Bank

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Fővám tér 8 Budapest, H-1093, Hungary
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Acta Oeconomica
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Foundation		 1966
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