Does corruption contribute to the rise of the shadow economy? Empirical evidence from Uganda

This paper investigates whether corruption has contributed to the rise of the shadow economy in Uganda. Using autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach and granger causality econometric methods we find a positive relationship between corruption and the size of the shadow economy in both...

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Main Author: Stephen Esaku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Cogent Economics & Finance
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2021.1932246