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Title: An empirical examination of the determinants of the shadow economy
Authors: Acosta González, Eduardo 
Fernández-Rodríguez, Fernando 
Sosvilla Rivero, Simón
UNESCO Clasification: 53 Ciencias económicas
Keywords: Shadow economy
OECD countries
Tax evasion
GASIC
C51, et al
Issue Date: 2014
Journal: Applied Economics Letters 
Abstract: Using a statistical methodology guided only by data and based on a genetic algorithm, we select the best econometric model for explaining the determinants of the size of the shadow economy, its main determinants being: taxes on capital gains of individuals, corporate taxes on income, profits and capital gains, domestic credit, bank secrecy, ethnic fractionalization, urban population, globalization, corruption and the socialist legal origin of country
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/15479
ISSN: 1350-4851
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.856993
Source: Applied Economics Letters[ISSN 1350-4851],v. 21, p. 304-307
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