How do institutions affect corruption and the shadow economy?

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-796

  Dreher, Axel ^a,b,c   Kotsogiannis, Christos ^d   McCorriston, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Institutional quality; Shadow economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249087223     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-008-9089-5     Document Type: Article

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