Handbook on the Shadow Economy

Edited by Friedrich Schneider, Professor of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria

• Contents:IntroductionFriedrich SchneiderPART I: SIZE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHADOW ECONOMIES ALL OVER THE WORLD1. Shadow Economies All Over the World: New Estimates for 162 Countries from 1999 to 2007Friedrich Schneider, Andreas Buehn and Claudio E. Montenegro2. Survey on the Shadow Economy and Undeclared Work in OECD CountriesLars P. Feld and Friedrich Schneider3. The Size and Development of the Shadow Economy in India: A First Attempt at a Public Choice ExplanationKausik Chaudhuri and Friedrich Schneider4. Size, Development and Perception of the Shadow Economy in SwitzerlandChristoph A. SchalteggerPART II: REGIONAL VARIATION IN THE SIZE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHADOW ECONOMY5. Regional Variations in the Nature of the Shadow Economy: Evidence from a Survey of 27 European Union Member StatesColin C. Williams and Jan Windebank6. Regional Patterns of the Shadow Economy: Modelling Issues and Evidence from the European UnionHelmut Herwartz, Friedrich Schneider and Egle TafenauPART III: SHADOW ECONOMY, ILLICIT WORK AND RELATED ACTIVIES7. The Shadow Economy and Do-it-Yourself Activities: What Do We Know?Andreas Buehn and Alexander Karmann8. The Shadow Economy in the Residential Construction SectorChristopher Bajada9. Who is Working Illicitly and Why? Insights from Representative Survey Data in GermanyDominik H. EnstePART IV: TAX MORALE AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY10. Tax Morale, Tax Evasion and the Shadow EconomyGebhard Kirchgässner11. The Link between the Intrinsic Motivation to Comply and Compliance Behaviour: A Critical Appraisal of Existing EvidenceMartin Halla12. Deterrence Policy and the Size of the Shadow Economy in Germany: An Institutional and Empirical AnalysisLars P. Feld, Andreas J. Schmidt and Friedrich SchneiderPART V: CORRUPTION AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY13. The Impact of Institutions on the Shadow Economy and Corruption: A Latent Variables ApproachAxel Dreher, Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston14. Shadow Economy, Voice and Accountability, and CorruptionBenno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider and Alison MacintyreIndex

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