CESifo Research Network Fellow

Friedrich Schneider

Professor Emeritus

Johannes Kepler University Linz

Department of Economics

Altenberger Straße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

WWW: Website

Affiliated Research Network Area

Public Economics

Fields of Interest

Monetary Policy
Collective Decision-Making
State and Local Government
Comparative Economic Systems
Renewable Resources

CESifo Working Papers

The Impact of Inequality on the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean with a MIMIC Model

Marcos Takanohashi, Marcel Ribeiro, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2023
CESifo Working Paper No. 10461

Do Different Estimation Methods Lead to Implausible Differences in the Size of the Non-Observed or Shadow Economies? A Preliminary Answer

Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2021
CESifo Working Paper No. 9434

Measuring the Immeasurable: The Evolution of the Size of Informal Economy in the Agricultural Sector in the EU-15 up to 2019

Friedrich Schneider, Mangirdas Morkunas, Erika Quendler
CESifo, Munich, 2021
CESifo Working Paper No. 8937

Payment Innovations, the Shadow Economy and Cash Demand of Households in Euro Area Countries

Hans-Eggert Reimers, Friedrich Schneider, Franz Seitz
CESifo, Munich, 2020
CESifo Working Paper No. 8574

Shedding Light on the Shadow Economy: A Global Database and the Interaction with the Official One

Leandro Medina, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2019
CESifo Working Paper No. 7981

Money laundering and corruption: birds of a feather flock together

Raffaella Barone, Donato Masciandaro, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2019
CESifo Working Paper No. 7687

Size, Determinants, and Consequences of Corruption in China's Provinces: The MIMIC Approach

Hailin Chen, Friedrich Schneider, Qunli Sun
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 7175

Cash in Circulation and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Investigation for Euro Area Countries and Beyond

Franz Seitz, Hans-Eggert Reimers, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 7143

Implausible Large Differences in the Sizes of Underground Economies in Highly Developed European Countries? A Comparison of Different Estimation Methods

Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2017
CESifo Working Paper No. 6522

Shadow Economies around the World: New Results for 158 Countries over 1991-2015

Leandro Medina, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2017
CESifo Working Paper No. 6430

Grey Matters: Charting the Development of the Shadow Economy

Donal Mac Géidigh, Friedrich Schneider, Matthias Blum
CESifo, Munich, 2016
CESifo Working Paper No. 6234

Comment on Feige's Paper "Reflections on the Meaning and Measurement of Unobserved Economies: What do we really know about the 'Shadow Economy'?"

Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2016
CESifo Working Paper No. 5818

Modelling the Egyptian Shadow Economy: A Currency Demand and A MIMIC Model Approach

Mai Hassan, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2016
CESifo Working Paper No. 5727

Tax Losses due to Shadow Economy Activities in OECD Countries from 2011 to 2013: A Preliminary Calculation

Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2015
CESifo Working Paper No. 5649

Exploring the Dark Side of Tax Policy: An Analysis of the Interactions between Fiscal Illusion and the Shadow Economy

Andreas Buehn, Roberto Dell' Anno, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2015
CESifo Working Paper No. 5466

Outside the State - the Shadow Economy and Shadow Economy Labor Force

Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2014
CESifo Working Paper No. 4829

Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economy: Methods, Problems and Open Questions

Friedrich Schneider, Andreas Bühn
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4448

Money Laundering as a Financial Sector Crime - A New Approach to Measurement, with an Application to Italy

Guerino Ardizzi, Carmelo Petraglia, Massimiliano Piacenza, Friedrich Schneider, Gilberto Turati
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4127

Size and Development of Tax Evasion in 38 OECD Countries: What do we (not) know?

Andreas Bühn, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2012
CESifo Working Paper No. 4004

Beyond the Veil of Ignorance: The Influence of Direct Democracy on the Shadow Economy

Friedrich Schneider, Désirée Teobaldelli
CESifo, Munich, 2012
CESifo Working Paper No. 3749

Did the Japanese Patient Follow the Doctor's Orders? Mostly no! A Public Choice Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Schemes in Japan before and after the Earthquake

Sven Rudolph, Friedrich Schneider
CESifo, Munich, 2011
CESifo Working Paper No. 3639