Is GDP more volatile in developing countries after taking the shadow economy into account? Evidence from Latin America
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shadow economy; business cycles; DSGE models; Bayesian estimation;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DGE-2017-05-21 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
- NEP-IUE-2017-05-21 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2017-05-21 (Macroeconomics)
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