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What drives entrepreneurs underground? The role of tax morale

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ABSTRACT

Using novel cross-country data, we examine whether and to what extent tax morale impacts informal entrepreneurship. Employing instrumental variables strategy, we find that countries with higher tax morale enjoy lower informal entrepreneurship.

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Appendix

List of Countries: Argentina; Australia; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Croatia; Egypt, Arab Rep.; Finland; France; Germany; Ghana; Guatemala; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Rep.; Latvia; Macedonia, FYR; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Pakistan; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Singapore; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Thailand; Tunisia; Turkey; Uganda; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay; Zambia.

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