INFORMAL SECTOR AND INSTITUTIONS

  • Muhammed Yusuf ÖZER Kadikoy Anatolian High School, Turkey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14505/tpref.v13.2(26).07

Abstract

In this paper, I investigate the relationship between informal sector size and various institutional quality variables: government stability, external conflict, internal conflict, corruption control, military influence over politics, religious tensions, ethnic tensions, law-and-order, democratic quality, and bureaucratic accountability. To this end, I use annual cross-country panel data covering 130 countries from 1990 to 2018. Having conducted a correlation analysis, the size of informal economy and institutional quality indicators are inversely linked. The most crucial institutional quality determinants are law-and-order (-0.53), bureaucratic quality (-0.51), military in politics (-0.45), corruption control (-0.42), and internal conflict (-0.35).

References

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Published
2022-12-31
How to Cite
ÖZER, Muhammed Yusuf. INFORMAL SECTOR AND INSTITUTIONS. Theoretical and Practical Research in Economic Fields, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 2, p. 180 – 187, dec. 2022. ISSN 2068-7710. Available at: <https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/tpref/article/view/7471>. Date accessed: 08 may 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.14505/tpref.v13.2(26).07.
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Vol 13 No 2 (2022): TPREF, Volume XIII, Issue 2(26), Winter 2022
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