Fiscal stimulus packages to COVID-19: The role of informality

Elgin C., Williams C. C., ÖZ YALAMAN G., YALAMAN A.

Journal of International Development, cilt.34, sa.4, ss.861-879, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/jid.3628
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of International Development
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  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.861-879
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, fiscal policy, informal sector, pandemic, shadow economy, POLICY, CYCLICALITY, MONETARY, ECONOMY
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.In this paper, we use a novel cross-country dataset to investigate the relationship between the prevalence of the shadow economy and fiscal policy responses to the economic crisis induced by the pandemic. The finding is that countries with a relatively larger shadow economy before the pandemic have adopted a smaller fiscal policy package. The results are robust to different econometric specifications, including an instrumental variable estimation. This reinforces the wider literature that countries (especially those with larger shadow economies) generally follow a procyclical policy as opposed to the optimal and countercyclical one.