Financial development and the shadow economy: A panel VAR analysis

AN Berdiev, JW Saunoris - Economic Modelling, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper examines the dynamic relationship between financial development and the
shadow economy using data for 161 countries over the period 1960–2009. Specifically, we …

[HTML][HTML] Financial inclusion and tax revenue

G Oz-Yalaman - Central Bank Review, 2019 - Elsevier
Financial inclusion might bring huge amounts of income into the global economy, which
creates different opportunities and challenges for countries. As people become more …

Financial development and the underground economy

S Capasso, T Jappelli - Journal of Development Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
We provide a theoretical and empirical study of the relation between financial development
and the size of the underground economy. In our theoretical framework agents allocate …

Does ICTs decrease the spread of informal economy in Africa?

H Ndoya, D Okere, M laure Belomo… - Telecommunications …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the effect of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the
informal economy. We applied the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) on a sample of …

Informality and financial development: A literature review

S Capasso, F Ohnsorge, S Yu - The Manchester School, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A large literature has documented an inverse relationship between financial development
and the size of the informal economy, with some evidence that the link is non‐monotonic …

Political instability and the informal economy

NG Elbahnasawy, MA Ellis, AD Adom - World Development, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding the determinants of the informal economy is a crucial issue in economic
development because of its effect on economic performance as well as undermining the …

Shadow economy in Africa: how relevant is financial inclusion?

FM Ajide - Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2021 - emerald.com
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Informal sector and mobile financial services in emerging and developing countries: Does financial innovation matter?

L Jacolin, J Keneck Massil, A Noah - The World Economy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the impact of mobile financial services (MFS)(mobile money, and
mobile credit and savings) on the informal sector using a sample of 101 emerging and …

Tax evasion, financial development and inflation: Theory and empirical evidence

M Bittencourt, R Gupta, L Stander - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2014 - Elsevier
Using a standard overlapping generations monetary production economy, faced with
endogenously determined tax evasion by heterogeneous agents in the economy, we …

Determinants of shadow economy in OIC and non-OIC countries: the role of financial development

S Khan, B Abdul Hamid, MZ Rehman - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the determinants and the
impact of financial development on shadow economy in OIC countries and then compared …