The long- and short-run relationship between the shadow economy and trade openness in Uganda

Artikel

This paper examines the relationship between the shadow economy and trade openness in Uganda, using autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach. We find that the shadow economy and trade openness have a long- and short-run relationship. These results hold even when alternative econometric methods are used. The empirical evidence indicates that more exposure to foreign trade significantly reduces the size of the shadow economy. This could imply that as countries become more integrated into the world economy, firms and individual entrepreneurs are induced to engage in the formal sector so as to reap the benefits of international markets. This paper shows that trade openness is an important determinant of the shadow economy in both the short- and long-run. At the policy level, any policy framework that strengthens integration into the global economy will be an effective tool that can reduce shadow activities in both the short- and long-run. The practical implication of these results is that countries that have fully reformed their economies to allow for free trade and investment inflows experience a decline in shadow activities implying that, in more open economies, more trade reduces informality.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Cogent Economics & Finance ; ISSN: 2332-2039 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-19

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade: General ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Microeconomic Impacts ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; Capitalist Systems: General
• Thema: Globalization ; informal sector ; shadow economy ; trade ; trade openness

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Esaku, Stephen
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Taylor & Francis
• (wo): Abingdon
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1080/23322039.2021.1930886
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/270098
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ