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CORRUPTION AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY*
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This article develops a simple framework for analyzing the links between corruption and the unofficial economy and their implications for the official economy. In a model of self‐selection with heterogeneous entrepreneurs, we show that the entrepreneurs' option to flee to the underground economy constrains a corrupt official's ability to introduce distortions to the economy for private gains. The unofficial economy thus mitigates government‐induced distortions and, as a result, leads to enhanced economic activities in the official sector. In this sense, the presence of the unofficial sector acts as a complement to the official economy instead of as a substitute.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Choi, J. P., & Thum, M.
- Venue
- International Economic Review
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-07-05
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 817-836
- ISSN
- 0020-6598 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2354
- OpenAlex
- W3122254355
- Cited by
- 337
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 46.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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