Exploring the dynamics of the shadow economy across US states

Berdiev, Cullen Pasquesi-Hill and Saunoris

Applied Economics, 2015, vol. 47, issue 56, 6136-6147

Abstract: This article examines the dynamics of the shadow economy using data for 50 US states over the period 1998-2008. Using a panel VAR model, we analyse the impulse response of the shadow economy to an orthogonal shock in capital tax rates, educational attainment, union participation and gross state product. We find evidence of significant dynamics underlying the relationship between the shadow economy and its determinants. The results remain robust to alternate measures of the determinants of the shadow economy, alternate causal ordering of the variables in the system and conditioning on the level of income in each state.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1064081

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