peer-reviewed
Exploring the dark side of tax policy: an analysis of the interactions between fiscal illusion and the shadow economy, Empirical Economics, 54, 1609-1630, 2018 (joint with R. Dell’Anno und F. Schneider)
Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economy: Methods, Problems and Open Questions, Open Economics, 1, 1-129, 2017 (joint with it F. Schneider)
What determines the Interest Margin? An Analysis of the German Banking System, Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 46(4), 471-498, 2013 (joint with A. Karmann und M. Pedrotti)
Impact of Education on the Shadow Economy: Institutions Matter, Economics Bulletin, 33(3), 2052-2063, 2013 (joint with M.R. Farzanegan)
How many illegal immigrants enter the United States, where, and why? Eastern Economic Journal, 39(4), 464-492, 2013, (joint with S. Eichler)
Decentralization and the shadow economy: Oats meets Allingham-Sandmo, Applied Economics, 45(18), 2567-2578, 2013 (joint with C. Lessmann und G. Markwardt)
Hold your breath: A new index of air pollution, Energy Economics, 37(C), 104–113, 2013 (joint with M.R. Farzanegan)
The shadow economy in Germany: An empirical assessment, German Economic Review, 13(3), 275-290, 2012
Shadow economies around the world: Novel insights, accepted knowledge, and new estimates, International Tax and Public Finance, 19, 139-171, 2012 (joint with F. Schneider)
Corruption and the shadow economy: Like oil and vinegar, like water and fire?, International Tax and Public Finance, 19, 172-194, 2012 (joint with F. Schneider)
18. Fiscal illusion and the shadow economy: Two sides of the same coin? Empirical Economics, im Erscheinen (joint with R. Dell’Anno und F. Schneider)
Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economy: Methods, Problems and Open Questions, Open Economics, 1, 1-129, 2017 (joint with it F. Schneider)
What determines the Interest Margin? An Analysis of the German Banking System, Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 46(4), 471-498, 2013 (joint with A. Karmann und M. Pedrotti)
Impact of Education on the Shadow Economy: Institutions Matter, Economics Bulletin, 33(3), 2052-2063, 2013 (joint with M.R. Farzanegan)
How many illegal immigrants enter the United States, where, and why? Eastern Economic Journal, 39(4), 464-492, 2013, (joint with S. Eichler)
Decentralization and the shadow economy: Oats meets Allingham-Sandmo, Applied Economics, 45(18), 2567-2578, 2013 (joint with C. Lessmann und G. Markwardt)
Hold your breath: A new index of air pollution, Energy Economics, 37(C), 104–113, 2013 (joint with M.R. Farzanegan)
The shadow economy in Germany: An empirical assessment, German Economic Review, 13(3), 275-290, 2012
Shadow economies around the world: Novel insights, accepted knowledge, and new estimates, International Tax and Public Finance, 19, 139-171, 2012 (joint with F. Schneider)
Corruption and the shadow economy: Like oil and vinegar, like water and fire?, International Tax and Public Finance, 19, 172-194, 2012 (joint with F. Schneider)
The political economy of the Mexican drug smuggle, Applied Economics Letters, 19, 1183-1187, 2012 (joint with S. Eichler)
Smuggling around the world: Evidence from a structural equation model, Applied Economics, 44, 3047-3064, 2012 (joint with M.R. Farzanegan)
Modeling sovereign risk as a latent variable: A structural equations model approach, Applied Economics, 44, 4679-4688, 2012 (joint with S. Eichler und D. Maltritz)
Trade misinvoicing: The dark side of world trade, The World Economy, 34(8), 1263-1287, 2011 (joint with S. Eichler)
New estimates for the shadow economies all over the world, International Economic Journal, 24, 443-461, 2010 (joint with C.E. Montenegro und F. Schneider)
Shadow economies and corruption all over the world: Revised estimates for 120 countries, economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Vol. 1, 2007-9 (Version 2), 2009 (joint with F. Schneider)
Smuggling legal versus illegal goods across the U.S.-Mexico border: A structural equations model approach, Southern Economic Journal, 76(2), 328-350, 2009 (joint with S. Eichler)
Shadow economy and do-it-yourself activities: The German case, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 165(4), 701-722, 2009 (joint with A. Karmann und F. Schneider)
The political economy of the Mexican drug smuggle, Applied Economics Letters, 19, 1183-1187, 2012 (joint with S. Eichler)
Smuggling around the world: Evidence from a structural equation model, Applied Economics, 44, 3047-3064, 2012 (joint with M.R. Farzanegan)
Modeling sovereign risk as a latent variable: A structural equations model approach, Applied Economics, 44, 4679-4688, 2012 (joint with S. Eichler und D. Maltritz)
Trade misinvoicing: The dark side of world trade, The World Economy, 34(8), 1263-1287, 2011 (joint with S. Eichler)
New estimates for the shadow economies all over the world, International Economic Journal, 24, 443-461, 2010 (joint with C.E. Montenegro und F. Schneider)
Shadow economies and corruption all over the world: Revised estimates for 120 countries, economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Vol. 1, 2007-9 (Version 2), 2009 (joint with F. Schneider)
Smuggling legal versus illegal goods across the U.S.-Mexico border: A structural equations model approach, Southern Economic Journal, 76(2), 328-350, 2009 (joint with S. Eichler)
Shadow economy and do-it-yourself activities: The German case, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 165(4), 701-722, 2009 (joint with A. Karmann und F. Schneider)