Caruso, Raul, Schneider, Friedrich
This paper finds an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding a prize to candidate extremist groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove...
Foreign Direct Investment and Shadow Economy: A Causality Analysis Using Panel Data (2009)
Nikopour , Hesam, Shah Habibullah, Muzafar, Schneider, Friedrich, Law, Siong Hook
The present paper investigates the link between the shadow economy and FDI using the Granger panel causality test. For that purpose we use the shadow economy and FDI data for 145 countries of five...
The shadow economy Kuznets’s curve panel data analysis (2008)
Nikopour, Hesam, Shah Habibullah, Muzafar, Schneider, Friedrich
The review of recent literature shows the relationship between shadow economy and economic growth is ambiguous. This paper attempts to answer whether the relationship between shadow economy and...
of Labor Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis (2008)
Axel Dreher, Friedrich Schneider, Axel Dreher, Friedrich Schneider, Friedrich Schneider
Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of the institute. Research disseminated by IZA may include views on policy, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy...
Money laundering and financial means of organised crime: some preliminary empirical findings (2008)
After giving a short literature review, the paper attempts a quantification of the volume of money laundering activities, with the help of a MIMIC (Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes) estimation...
Money laundering and financial means of organised crime: some preliminary empirical findings (2008)
After giving a short literature review, the paper attempts a quantification of the volume of money laundering activities, with the help of a MIMIC (Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes) estimation...
SHADOW ECONOMY, TAX MORALE, GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY: A PANEL ANALYSIS (2008)
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
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The Shadow Economy in Germany - A Blessing or a Curse for the Official Economy? (2008)
This article provides an estimation of the size and development of the shadow economy of Germany, using various estimation procedures. The shadow economy is defined as market-bound production of...
The Optimal Choice of Privatizing State-Owned Enterprises: APolitical Economic Model (2007)
Yan Chen, Kim Border, Morgan Kousser, Peter Ordeshook, Friedrich Schneider, ...
and suggestions. I have also bene ted from helpful criticism from Michael Alexeev, Kay-yut Chen, Peng
Testing for Efficiency: A Policy Analysis with Probability Distributions (2007)
Klaus Salhofer, Erwin Schmid, Friedrich Schneider, Gerhard Streicher
Begutachtungsvorgang, weshalb allein die Autoren und nicht das Institut für WPR dafür
Torgler, Benno, Schneider, Friedrich, Schaltegger, Christoph A.
Policymakers often propose strict enforcement strategies to fight the shadow economy and to increase tax morale. However, there is also a bottom-up approach: decentralizing the political power to...
Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis (2007)
Torgler, Benno, Schneider, Friedrich
This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly...
Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis (2007)
Torgler, Benno, Schneider, Friedrich
This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly...
What shapes attitudes toward paying taxes? Evidence from multicultural European countries (2007)
Torgler, Benno, Schneider, Friedrich
Objectives. Considerable evidence suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance, several researchers have argued...
What shapes attitudes toward paying taxes? Evidence from multicultural European countries (2007)
Torgler, Benno, Schneider, Friedrich
Objectives. Considerable evidence suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance, several researchers have argued...
What shapes attitudes toward paying taxes? Evidence from multicultural European countries (2007)
Torgler, Benno, Schneider, Friedrich
Objectives. Considerable evidence suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance, several researchers have argued...
Estimations of the shadow economies for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over 1999 to 2005 are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as...
What shapes attitudes toward paying taxes? Evidence from multicultural European countries (2007)
Torgler, Benno, Schneider, Friedrich
Objectives. Considerable evidence suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance, several researchers have argued...
Schneider, Friedrich, Burger, Christina
The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation...
U članku su prikazane procjene o veličini sive ekonomije u 22 tranzicijske zemlje i 21 zemlji unutar Organizacije za suradnju i razvoj (OECD) korištenjem metode potražnje novca i DYMIMIC...
Maciejovsky, Boris, Kirchler, Erich, Schneider, Friedrich
From an economic point of view, legal considerations apart, tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax flight have similar effects, namely a reduction of revenue yields, and are based on the same desire to...
Charting the shoals of the cash economy (2003)
Braithwaite, Valerie, Schneider, Friedrich, Reinhart, Monika, Murphy, Kristina
Using various methods estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official...
Kirchler, Erich, Maciejovsky, Boris, Schneider, Friedrich
From an economic point of view, legal considerations apart, tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax flight have similar effects, namely a reduction of revenue yields, and are based on the same desire to...
Schneider, Friedrich, Braithwaite, Valerie, Reinhart, Monika
This paper attempts to explain the behaviour that motivates individuals to engage in the shadow economy. Results show that those who fear being caught by tax authorities are less likely to supply or...
Münster (Westf.), Univ., Med. Fak., Diss. 1971. (Nicht f. d. Austausch.).
[Ausz.]. - Aus: Datenverarbeitung AEG-Telefunken. Jg. 4. 1971, H. 3
Einstellung der Adaptivsteuerung von Prozessen mittels Digitalrechner / (1969)
Dass. Ausz. 19 S. mit Abb. 8
Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--University of California, Berkeley, Dec. 1963.
La educación de sí mismo (1957)
Traducción de: Praxis der Selbsterziehung in 55 erläuterten Beispielen
München, T. H., F. f. Landwirtsch., Diss. v. 10. Mai 1955 (Nicht f. d. Aust.).
Kiel, Med. F., Diss. v. 15. Mai 1947 (Nicht f. d. Austausch).
Alois Emanuel Biedermann, Wilhelm Schuppe und Johannes Rehmke / (1939)
Bonn, Phil. Diss., 1939.
Die einseitigen Fristfestsetzungen im BGB / (1903)
Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Rostock, 1903.
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Krystallinischen Flüssignkeiten / (1899)
Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Marburg, 1899.
Über schädelimpressionen beim engen Becken / (1896)
Thesis (doctoral)--Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 1896.
Beitrag zur Lehre von der Prokura / (1895)
Thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen, 1895.
Ueber den Einfluss vorgeschrittener Herzfehler auf den Gang der Geburt / (1890)
Thesis (doctoral)--Marburg, 1890.
Arnold II : Erzbischof von Cöln 1151-1156 / (1884)
Thesis (doctoral)--Vereinigte Friedrichs-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1884.
Schneider, Friedrich, 1786-1853, saksa helilooja ja dirigent
THE SHADOW ECONOMIES OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC
Christopher Bajada, Friedrich Schneider
Despite continuous government attempts to increase taxpayer compliance, the shadow economy continues to offer a way for taxpayers to evade their taxpaying obligations. The consequences are clear:...
Friedrich Schneider, Valerie Braithwaite, Monika Reinhart
This paper first gives an explanation of the behaviour which motivates individuals to engage in the shadow economy. It will be shown that people who fear being caught by tax authorities will be less...
Informal and underground economy
Bruno Frey, Friedrich Schneider
There is a widespread feeling that a substantial and increasing share of activities take place outside the official economy. This holds, in particular, for developing and transition but also for high...
The Increase of the size of the shadow economy of 18 OECD countries: Some preliminary explanations
The latest empirical results of the size of the shadow economy in 18 OECD countries are presented, using the currency demand approach to calculate the shadow economy over time. The results indicate a...
Allowing for household preferences in emission trading-A contribution to the climate policy debate
Michael Ahlheim, Friedrich Schneider
In the context of emission trading it seems to be taken as given that people's preferences can be ignored with respect to the whole process of fixing emission targets and allocating emission permits...
Using various methods estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of GDP) over...
Was the Austrian agricultural policy least cost efficient?
Friedrich Schneider, Klaus Salhofer, Erwin Schmid, Gerhard Streicher
The study evaluates the efficiency of government intervention using a vertical structured model including imperfectly competitive agricultural input markets, the bread grain market, and the...
Tax avoidance, tax evasion, and tax flight: Do legal differences matter?
Friedrich Schneider, Erich Kirchler, Boris Maciejovsky
Although from an economic point of view, legal considerations apart, tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax flight have similar effects, namely a reduction of revenue yields, and are based on the same...
Shadow economies around the world: what do we know?
Friedrich Schneider, Robert Klinglmair
Using various statistical procedures, estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent...
Privatization in Austria: Some theoretical reasons and performance measures
Friedrich Schneider, Ansgar Belke
The issues of privatization (and sometimes deregulation) have been reviewed in a large literature on the various aspects of privatization, that has emphasized the potential efficiency gains. Hence,...
Friedrich Schneider, Christina Burger
The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation...
Does Culture Influence Tax Morale? Evidence from Different European Countries
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
There is considerable evidence that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. Previous studies have found differences in compliance behaviour across cultures. Novel...
Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis
Axel Dreher, Friedrich Schneider
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are...
Ansgar Belke, Frank Baumgärtner, Friedrich Schneider, Ralph Setzer
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations...
What Do We Know About the Shadow Economy?
Estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 21 OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as a percentage of ‘official’ GDP) over 1999/2000 in these...
Ansgar Belke, Frank Baumgartner, Friedrich Schneider, Ralph Setzer
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations...
Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis
Axel Dreher, Friedrich Schneider
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are...
Satisfaction with Democracy and the Environment in Western Europe: A Panel Analysis
Alexander F. Wagner, Friedrich Schneider
We construct a panel of satisfaction with democracy (SWD) and economic, institutional, and environmental variables for 1990-2001 for fifteen European countries. In this sample, controlling for a...
The size and development of the shadow economy: An empirical investigation from states of India
Chaudhuri, Kausik, Schneider, Friedrich, Chattopadhyay, Sumana
With or Against the People? The Impact of a Bottom-Up Approach on Tax Morale and the Shadow Economy
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider, Christoph A. Schaltegger
Policymakers often propose strict enforcement strategies to fight the shadow economy and to increase tax morale. However, there is also a bottom-up approach: decentralizing the political power to...
Andreas Freytag, Friedrich Schneider
Central bank independence (CBI) is a very important precondition for price stability. However, the empirical evidence for a correlation between both is relatively weak. In this paper, this weakness...
Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality: A panel analysis
Friedrich Schneider, Benno Torgler
This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly...
The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy
Friedrich Schneider, Benno Torgler
This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly...
The shadow economy in Colombia: size and effects on economic growth
Friedrich Schneider, Bettina Hametner
Using the currency demand approach size and development of the Colombian shadow economy are estimated over the period from 1976 to 2002. In the 70s the size fluctuated around 20% of official GDP and...
What Do We Know About the Shadow Economy?
Estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 21 OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as a percentage of ‘official’ GDP) over 1999/2000 in these...
Ansgar Belke, Frank Baumgärtner, Friedrich Schneider, Ralph Setzer
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives for raising privatization proceeds for a panel of 22 OECD countries from 1990 to 2001. We test whether privatizations can be mainly...
Size and Development of the Shadow Economy in Germany and Austria: Some preliminary findings
The size and development of the shadow economy of Germany and Austria is estimated, us-ing various estimation procedures. An increased burden of taxation and social security pay-ments, combined with...
Size and Development of the Shadow Economy and of Do-it-Yourself Activities: The Case of Germany
Andreas Buhn, Alexander Karmann, Friedrich Schneider
This paper presents the first MIMIC (multiple indicator multiple causes) model estimate of the size and development of the shadow economy and of do-it-yourself (DIY) activities in Germany from 1970...
Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: New Estimates for 145 Countries
Estimations of the shadow economies for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over 1999 to 2005 are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as...
Does taking the shadow economy into account matter to measure aggregate efficiency?
Pierre-Guillaume Méon, Friedrich Schneider, Laurent Weill
We analyze how adding the shadow economy to official output figures affects estimated technical efficiency at the country level. We find that this only slightly affects the ranking of efficiency...
Axel Dreher, Pierre-Guillaume Méon, Friedrich Schneider
This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive...
Does taking the shadow economy into account matter to measure aggregate efficiency?
Pierre-Guillaume Méon, Friedrich Schneider, Laurent Weill
We analyze how adding the shadow economy to official output figures affects estimated technical efficiency at the country level. We find that this only slightly affects the ranking of efficiency...
Estimating the Size of the Danish Shadow Economy Using the Currency Demand Approach: An Attempt.
The currency demand approach pro vides some insight into the size anddevelopment of the shadow economy in Denmar k. Currency demand is statistically affected by tax rates. The difference in cur rency...
Deficits, Bailout and Free Riders: Fiscal Elements of a European Constitution.
Horstmann, Winfried, Schneider, Friedrich
European economic and monetary integration provides further incentives to increase public deficits and debt in Europe. Spillover effects and free-riding strategies are likely to come into being in an...
Shadow Economies: Size, Causes, and Consequences
Friedrich Schneider, Dominik H. Enste
Using various methods, the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition, and OECD countries is estimated. Average size varies from 12 percent of GDP for OECD countries, to 23 percent for...
Shadow Economies around the World: What Do We Know?
Schneider, Friedrich, Klinglmair, Robert
Using various statistical procedures, estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent...
Using the DYMIMIC approach, estimates of the shadow economy in 145 developing, transition, developed OECD countries, South Pacific islands and still communist countries are presented. The average...
Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: What Do We Really Know?
Estimations of the size and development of the shadow economy for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over the period 1999 to 2003 are presented. The...
Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly...
The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly...
Shadow Economies of 145 Countries all over the World: What Do We Really Know?
Estimations of the size and development of the shadow economy for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over the period 1999 to 2003 are presented. The...
What Shapes the Attitudes Towards Paying Taxes? Evidence from Switzerland, Belgium and Spain
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
There is considerable evidence that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance, many researchers have argued that citizens’...
Attitudes Towards Paying Taxes in Austria: An Empirical Analysis
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
People mostly pay their taxes although there is a low probability of getting caught and being penalized. Thus, new attempts in the tax compliance literature try to go beyond standard economic theory....
Shadow Economies Around the World: What Do We Know?
Friedrich Schneider, Robert Klinglmair
Using various statistical procedures, estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent...
On the Political Economy of Environmental Policy.
Kirchgassner, Gebhard, Schneider, Friedrich
In the past there was hardly any use of economic instruments in environmental policy, mainly command and control measures were used. More recently, ecological taxes as well as tradable permits became...
Schneider, Friedrich, Lenzelbauer, Werner
This paper examines the relationships between profitability and firm size, and efficiency and firm size, based on firms in Upper Austria. There is considerable evidence suggesting that the average...
Private-public partnership: Gemeinschaftsunternehmen zwischen Privaten und der öffentlichen Hand
Dieter Bös, Friedrich Schneider
In dieser Arbeit wird zunächst eine Typologie der Gemeinschaftsunternehmen einschließlich einiger empirischer Belege zur Profitabilität und Effizienz solcher Unternehmungen dargelegt. Während...
Everyday representations of tax avoidance, tax evasion, and tax flight: Do legal differences matter?
Arbeit im Schatten: Einige theoretische und empirische Überlegungen Ïber die Schattenwirtschaft
As the shadow economy is increasing in almost all OECD countries this paper analyses the theoretical reasons why people work in the shadow economy. Three approaches are presented, models of time...
Satisfaction not Guaranteed -- Institutions and Satisfaction with Democracy in Western Europe
Alexander F. Wagner, Mathias Dufour, Friedrich Schneider
What determines citizens' satisfaction with the "constitution in operation"? We make two contributions towards an answer to this important policy question. First, we place stronger emphasis than...
Attitudes Towards Paying Taxes in Austria: An Empirical Analysis
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
Tax morale, social norms, Austria, H260, H730, D640,
MIMIC Models, Cointegration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy
Andreas Bühn, Friedrich Schneider
The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC)...
Fischer, Justina AV, Schneider, Friedrich
Recent empirical growth literature suggests that cultural factors play a decisive role in economic development, while empirical evidence for their impact on government activity remains scant. In this...
Michael Ahlheim, Friedrich Schneider
In the context of emission trading it seems to be taken as given that people's preferences can be ignored with respect to the whole process of fixing emission targets and allocating emission permits...
Axel Dreher, Pierre-Guillaume Méon, Friedrich Schneider
This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive...
Allowing for Household Preferences in Emission Trading - A Contribution to the Climate Policy Debate
Michael Ahlheim, Friedrich Schneider
In the context of emission trading it seems to be taken as given that people's preferences can be ignored with respect to the whole process of fixing emission targets and allocating emission permits...
The Increase of the Size of the Shadow Economy of 18 OECD Countries: Some Preliminary Explanations
The latest empirical results of the size of the shadow economy in 18 OECD countries are presented, using the currency demand approach to calculate the shadow economy over time. The results indicate a...
Using various methods estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of GDP) over...
Shadow Economies Around the World - Size, Causes, and Consequences
Schneider, Friedrich, Enste, Dominik
Using various methods (currency demand, physical input (electricity) method, model approach), which are discussed and criticized, estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing,...
Size and Development of the Shadow Economy and of Do-it-yourself Activities in Germany
Andreas Bühn, Alexander Karmann, Friedrich Schneider
This paper presents the first MIMIC (multiple indicator multiple causes) model estimate of the size and development of the shadow economy and of do-it-yourself (DIY) activities in Germany from 1970...
Andreas Freytag, Friedrich Schneider
Central bank independence (CBI) is a very important precondition for price stability. However, the empirical evidence for a correlation between both is relatively weak. In this paper, this weakness...
Bruno S. Frey, Silke Humbert, Friedrich Schneider
This article presents the results of a survey among the members of the "Verein für Socialpolitik", the association of German speaking economists, containing questions on schools of thought, economic...
On the Political Economy of Environmental Policy
Gebhard Kirchgaessner, Friedrich Schneider
In the past there was hardly any use of economic instruments in environmental policy, mainly command and control measures were used. More recently, ecological taxes as well as tradable permits became...
Axel Dreher, Pierre-Guillaume Méon, Friedrich Schneider
This paper assesses the relationship between institutions, output, and productivity, when official output is corrected for the size of the shadow economy. Our results confirm the usual positive...
MIMIC Models, Cointegration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy
Buehn, Andreas, Schneider, Friedrich
The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC)...
Chiarini, Bruno, Marzano, Elisabetta, Schneider, Friedrich
By using official time series of the Italian evaded VAT base (Ministry of Finance) for the period 1980-2004 we investigate empirically the long-run characteristics of tax evasion and the relationship...
Justina AV Fischer, Friedrich Schneider
Recent empirical growth literature suggests that cultural factors play a decisive role in economic development, while empirical evidence for their impact on government activity remains scant. In this...
What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
Considerable evidence suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance, several researchers have argued that...
Ansgar Belke, Friedrich Schneider
The issues of privatization (and sometimes deregulation) have been reviewed in a large literature on the various aspects of privatization, that has emphasized the potential efficiency gains. Hence,...
Institutions of Conflict Management and Economic Growth in the European Union.
Schneider, Friedrich, Wagner, Alexander F
We examine both benefits (production-enhancing cooperation) and costs (taxes and rent-seeking) of institutions of conflict management, like corporatism and trust, in the context of a simple growth...
In der Öffentlichkeit wird die Schattenwirtschaft und deren rapides Wachstum seit einigen Jahren intensiv diskutiert. In dieser Arbeit werden kurz die Methoden zur Messung der Schwarzarbeit...
Petersberger Erklaerung: Anstoesse fuer eine zukunftsgerichtete Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Zimmermann, Klaus F., Burda, Michael C., Hagen, Juergen Von, Konrad, Kai, Schneider, Friedrich, Wagner, Gerd G.
In this paper six authors propose guidelines for German labor market policy, to overcome current discouragement and lead to a new balance of social security and individual competetiveness. Crucial...
Increasing Shadow Economies all over the World - Fiction or Reality?
Ernste, Dominik, Schneider, Friedrich
Using various methods (currency demand, physical input (electricity) measure, model approach), which are discussed and criticized, estimates about the size of 67 developing, transition and OECD...
The Size and Development of the Shadow Economies of 22 Transition and 21 OECD Countries
Using the currency demand and DYMIMIC approaches estimates are presented about the size of the shadow economy in 22 Transition and 21 OECD countries. Over 2001/2002 in 21 OECD countries is the...
Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis
Axel Dreher, Friedrich Schneider
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are...
What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
Considerable evidence suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance several researchers have argued that...
The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly...
Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly...
Pommerehne, Werner W, Hart, Albert, Schneider, Friedrich
Central to this paper has been the idea that there might be a demand on the part of the citizens for having specific decision-mechanisms in specific types of situations. This demand cannot be deduced...
An Alternative Constitutional Treaty for the European Union
Peter Bernholz, Friedrich Schneider, Roland Vaubel, Frank Vibert
We propose an alternative to the Constitutional Treaty drafted by the European Convention. Our proposal effectively limits the domain of government at the Union level. It takes the incentives of the...
Einige Gedanken zur Harmonisierung indirekter Steuern in der Europäischen Union
Die Harmonisierung indirekter Steuern ist in der Europäischen Union zur Zeit eines der umstrittensten Themen, da jegliche Steuerharmonisierung die Finanzierungsgrundlagen der öffentlichen Haushalte...
Die ständigen Unterstützungs- und politische Abschreckungsbemühungen autokratischer Herrscher sind systemtypisch und erfordern eine Politik von 'Zuckerbrot und Peitsche'. Der 'homo oeconomicus...
The German Shadow Economy: Parted in a United Germany?
Annette Mummert, Friedrich Schneider
This paper analyzes differences between shadow economic activities in the western and eastern part of Germany. Due to new empirical results easterners' engagement in shadow economic activities seems...
The Shadow Economy in Germany - A Blessing or a Curse for the Official Economy?
This article provides an estimation of the size and development of the shadow economy of Germany, using various estimation procedures. The shadow economy is defined as market-bound production of...
Shadow Economies Around the World - Size, Causes, and Consequences
Friedrich Schneider, Dominik Enste
Economic growth , Developing countries , Transition economies , Taxation , Social security , Corruption ,
Shadow economies and corruption all over the world : what do we really know?
Estimations of the shadow economies for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over 1999 to 2003 are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as...
Satisfaction with Democracy and Collective Action Problems: The Case of the Environment
Halla, Martin, Schneider, Friedrich, Wagner, Alexander F.
Using modern methods for analyzing multi-level data, we find that, by and large, citizens of OECD countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if more environmental...
Tilman Brück, Marie Karaisl, Friedrich Schneider
This report assesses the literature on the inter-relations between the economy and security with particular focus on terrorism and the "human drivers of insecurity" to identify both available...
The purpose of this study is to provide some information how different political institutions influence the development of social security policies. In representative democracies governments quite...
Shadow Economies around the World: What do we really know?
Using the DYMIMIC approach, estimates of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and developed OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official...
Legislative Malapportionment and the Politicization of Germany's Intergovernmental Transfer System
Hans Pitlik, Friedrich Schneider, Harald Strotmann
Legislative bargaining theory suggests that fiscal transfers among member states of a federation are determined to a substantial degree by political bargaining powers. Malapportionment of the states'...
Satisfaction with Democracy and Collective Action Problems: The Case of the Environment
Martin Halla, Friedrich Schneider, Alexander Wagner
Using modern methods for analyzing multi-level data, we find that, by and large, citizens of OECD countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if more environmental...
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Welche Ansichten vertreten Schweizer Ökonomen? Ergebnisse einer Umfrage
Bruno S. Frey, Werner W. Pommerehne, Friedrich Schneider, Hannelore Weck
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Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?
Halla, Martin, Schneider, Friedrich
While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud, has gained relatively modest attention in the economic literature. This paper...
Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider
The following paper examines the different options to finance local public infrastructure in Ethiopia based on the assumption that the federal government of Ethiopia will not provide any guarantees...
Lars P Feld, Friedrich Schneider
State and local taxation comprises those taxes that are collected at the sub-federal government levels in order to finance state and local public services, assigning discretion in the determination...
Schattenwirtschaft - Tatbestand, Ursachen, Auswirkungen
Auch im Jahr 2000 wird die Schwarzarbeit in Deutschland weiter zunehmen; während man für das offizielle BIP einen Zuwachs von 2,7% erwartet, wird die informelle Wirtschaft um 6,8% zunehmen und das...
Korporatismus im europäischen Vergleich: Förderung makroökonomischer Rahmenbedingungen?
Friedrich Schneider, Alexander Wagner
Das institutionelle Arrangement eines Landes ist zu einer Standortfrage und zu einer Frage der langfristigen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit einer Ökonomie geworden . Ein stabiles und günstiges...
Grundzüge der föderalen Finanzverfassung aus ökonomischer Perspektive: Trennsystem vs. Verbundsystem
On the politicization of intergovernmental fiscal relations in Germany after unification
Friedrich Schneider, Hans Pitlik, Harald Strotmann, Günther Schmid
A recent decision of the German Constitutional Court requires political decision makers to revise the system of intergovernmental transfers in order to limit free bargaining among state and federal...
Schriftliche Fassung eines Vortrages anlässlich der Tagung zum Thema "Deregulierung und Privatisierung: Erfahrungen Problem-Potentiale" des Wirtschaftspolitischen Ausschusses des Vereins für...
Non-Compliance under a Negative Income Tax
Martin Halla, Friedrich Schneider
In this note we model the individual decision on income underreporting in a system with a negative income tax. We show that a change in the tax rate has opposing effects on the compliance behavior of...
LEAST COST EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
Salhofer, Klaus, Schneider, Friedrich, Streicher, Gerhard
The study evaluates the efficiency of government intervention using a vertical structured model including imperfectly competitive agricultural input markets, the bread grains market, and the...
Money laundering and financial means of organised crime: some preliminary empirical findings
After giving a short literature review, the paper attempts a quantification of the volume of money laundering activities, with the help of a MIMIC (Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes) estimation...
Local Autonomy, Tax Morale and the Shadow Economy
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider, Christoph A. Schaltegger
Policymakers often propose strict enforcement strategies to fight the shadow economy and to increase tax morale. However, there is also a bottom-up approach such as, for example, decentralizing the...
Friedrich Schneider, Ursula Windischbauer
Money laundering, Quantification, Estimation, K40,
TESTING FOR EFFICIENCY: A POLICY ANALYSIS WITH PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
Salhofer, Klaus, Schmid, Erwin, Streicher, Gerhard, Schneider, Friedrich
The study evaluates the efficiency of government intervention using a vertical structured model including imperfectly competitive agricultural input markets, the bread grain market, and the...
Reichl, Johannes, Kollmann, Andrea, Tichler, Robert, Schneider, Friedrich
Grid tariffs are the main source of income for distribution system operators (DSOs). Reductions of tariffs increase the cost pressure on DSOs; assuming they work efficiently, tariff reductions...
Petersberger Erklärung Anstöße für eine zukunftsgerichtete Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Klaus Zimmermann, Michael Burda, Kai Konrad, Friedrich Schneider, Hilmar Schneider, Jürgen Hagen, ...
Local Autonomy, Tax Morale and the Shadow Economy
Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider, Christoph A. Schaltegger
Policymakers often propose strict enforcement strategies to fight the shadow economy and to increase tax morale. However, there is also a bottom-up approach such as, for example, decentralizing the...
The shadow economy Kuznets’s curve panel data analysis
Nikopour, Hesam, Shah Habibullah, Muzafar, Schneider, Friedrich
The review of recent literature shows the relationship between shadow economy and economic growth is ambiguous. This paper attempts to answer whether the relationship between shadow economy and...
The Origins of Terrorism - Cross-Country Estimates on Socio-Economic Determinants of Terrorism
Andreas Freytag, Jens J. Krüger, Daniel Meierrieks, Friedrich Schneider
To expand our knowledge about an appropriate anti-terror strategy, it is indispensable to assess the underlying causes of terror. We examine social and economic conditions in the country of origin of...
Der Emissionshandel in Deutschland und Österreich - ein wirksames Instrument des Klimaschutzes?
Claudia Kemfert, Friedrich Schneider
Europe has implemented in the year 2005 an emissions trading system in order to fulfill the Kyoto emissions reduction targets. In principle, the instrument should be a cost-efficient measure of...
The Origins of Terrorism - Cross-Country Estimates on Socio-Economic Determinants of Terrorism
Andreas Freytag, Jens J. Krüger, Daniel Meierrieks, Friedrich Schneider
To expand our knowledge about an appropriate anti-terror strategy, it is indispensable to assess the underlying causes of terror. We examine social and economic conditions in the country of origin of...
A Survey of the Economics of Security
Tilman Brück, Marie Karaisl, Friedrich Schneider
This report assesses the literature on the inter-relations between the economy and security with particular focus on terrorism and the "human drivers of insecurity" to identify both available...
Bruno Chiarini, Elisabetta Marzano, Friedrich Schneider
By using official time series of the Italian evaded VAT base (Ministry of Finance) for the period 1980-2004 we investigate empirically the long-run characteristics of tax evasion and the relationship...
An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: the Case of Benefit Morale
Martin Halla, Mario Lackner, Friedrich Schneider
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say’s law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is...
The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy
Torgler, Benno, Schneider, Friedrich
This paper uses a multivariate analysis to examine how countries' tax morale and institutional quality affect the shadow economy. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of...
The quality of institutions and satisfaction with democracy in Western Europe -- A panel analysis
Wagner, Alexander F., Schneider, Friedrich, Halla, Martin
This paper analyses how institutional factors affect satisfaction with democracy (SWD). It employs a panel of observations from Eurobarometers in the time span 1990-2000, and thus is one of the first...
In order to guarantee a further successful functioning of the enlarged European Union a Federal European Constitution is proposed. Six basic elements of a future European federal constitution are...
Corruption and the Shadow Economy: A Structural Equation Model Approach
Buehn, Andreas, Schneider, Friedrich
The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy is not clear. Theoretically, they either substitute or complement each other – exhibiting either a negative or positive relationship. This...
An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale
Halla, Martin, Lackner, Mario, Schneider, Friedrich
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is...
Foreign Direct Investment and Shadow Economy: A Causality Analysis Using Panel Data
Nikopour , Hesam, Shah Habibullah, Muzafar, Schneider, Friedrich, Law, Siong Hook
The present paper investigates the link between the shadow economy and FDI using the Granger panel causality test. For that purpose we use the shadow economy and FDI data for 145 countries of five...
Caruso, Raul, Schneider, Friedrich
This paper finds an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding a prize to candidate extremist groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove...
Financial and World Economic Crisis: What did Economists Contribute?
Gebhard Kirchgässner, Friedrich Schneider
In this paper we deal with two questions, (i) what are the origins of the current financial crisis, and (ii) what did economists contribute, or why did economists fail to provide a convincing answer...
Financial and world economic crisis: What did economists contribute?
Friedrich Schneider, Gebhard Kirchgässner
Financial crisis, Crisis management, Failure of economics, Failure of economic researchers, Origin of the crisis, A11, B40, D72, D73, D8, G01, K2,
A. Denny Ellerman, Nick Johnstone, Friedrich Schneider, Alexander F. Wagner, Juan-Pablo Montero, Johann Wackerbauer
Tradable Permits a Market-Based Allocation System for the Environment. Tradable Permits and Other Environmental Policy Instruments Killing one Bird with two Stones. Tradable Permits Ten Key Design...
Friedrich Schneider, Rigmar Osterkamp
In fast allen OECD-Ländern weist die Schattenwirtschaft einen langfristig steigenden Trend auf und macht dort mittlerweile einen bedeutenden Teil des Sozialprodukts aus. Dabei sind die Unterschiede...
Schattenwirtschaft, Schwarzarbeit, Systemtransformation, OECD-Staaten, Ehemalige sozialistische Staaten, Hidden economy, Moonlighting, Systemic transition, OECD countries, Former Socialist countries
Privatisation in OECD Countries: Theoretical Reasons and Results Obtained
Öffentliches Unternehmen, Privatisierung, OECD-Staaten, Public enterprise, Privatization, OECD countries
Schattenwirtschaft, Schwarzarbeit, Systemtransformation, OECD-Staaten, Ehemalige sozialistische Staaten, Hidden economy, Moonlighting, Systemic transition, OECD countries, Former Socialist countries
Schneider,Friedrich, Enste,Dominik H.
Illicit work, social security fraud, economic crime and other shadow economy activities are fast becoming an international problem. Friedrich Schneider and Dominik H. Enste use currency demand,...
What is Economics? – Attitudes and views of German economists
Bruno S. Frey, Silke Humbert, Friedrich Schneider
Which schools of thought are favored by German economists? What makes a good economist and which economists have been most influential? These questions were addressed in a survey, conducted in the...