Informal Economy and Institutional Quality
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This paper examines the relationship between different dimensions of institutional quality and informal sector size using a large dataset covering 140 countries. It included most recent data (from year 2019) (measured as percent GDP) several variables, which include corruption control, law order, bureaucracy quality, military in politics, democratic accountability, ethnic tensions, religious tensions. A simple correlation analysis indicates that informality with politics is significant. These results help to identify are more relevant account for variation size.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BCP business & management
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2692-6156']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v18i.530