RT Journal Article T1 An empirical examination of the determinants of the shadow economy A1 Acosta-González, Eduardo A1 Fernández-Rodríguez, Fernando A1 Sosvilla Rivero, Simón Javier AB Using a statistical methodology guided only by data and based on a genetic algorithm, we select the best econometric model for explaining the determinants of the size of the shadow economy, its main determinants being: taxes on capital gains of individuals, corporate taxes on income, profits and capital gains, domestic credit, bank secrecy, ethnic fractionalization, urban population, globalization, corruption and the socialist legal origin of country. PB Taylor & Francis SN 1350-4851 YR 2014 FD 2014-03 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34696 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34696 LA eng DS Docta Complutense RD 8 abr 2025