Some Implications of the Unofficial Economy - Bureaucratic Corruption Relationship in Transition Countries

Posted: 19 Jun 2006

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Monika Cule

University of Saskatchewan

Murray Fulton

University of Saskatchewan - Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Abstract

This paper shows why some countries are trapped in an equilibrium with high unofficial economic activity and corruption while other countries are not. The potential for different outcomes follows directly from the complementary nature of unofficial economy and corruption activity.

Keywords: tax evasion, bureaucratic corruption, complementary activities, transition countries

JEL Classification: H26, K42

Suggested Citation

Cule, Monika and Fulton, Murray, Some Implications of the Unofficial Economy - Bureaucratic Corruption Relationship in Transition Countries. Economics Letters, Vol. 89, No. 2, November 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=909505

Monika Cule (Contact Author)

University of Saskatchewan ( email )

College of Education
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A7
Canada

Murray Fulton

University of Saskatchewan - Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy ( email )

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B8
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