The Impact of Economic Globalization on the Shadow Economy in Egypt

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This study examines the economic globalization and the shadow economy nexus in Egypt. Using time series data from 1976 to 2013, the impulse response analysis shows that the response of the shadow economy in Egypt to positive shocks in economic globalization is negative and statistically significant for the first three years following the shock. This finding is obtained by controlling for several intermediary channels in globalization-shadow economy nexus such as education, government spending, industrial production, and labor force participation. Our results show the importance of promoting economic globalization by reducing the costs of doing business and trade in dealing with sizable shadow economy in Egypt.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6424

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods ; Economic Integration ; Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
• Subject: shadow economy ; globalization ; VAR model ; impulse responses ; Egypt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza ; Hassan, Mai
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/161863
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET