Acosta-González, EduardoFernández-Rodríguez, FernandoSosvilla Rivero, Simón Javier2023-06-192023-06-192014-031350-4851https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34696Using 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.engjournal articlehttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rael20#.VW2yOc_tlBcopen accessC51E26H26Shadow economyOECD countriesTax evasionGASICEconometría (Economía)Economía internacionalHistoria económicaIndicadores económicosMacroeconomía5302 Econometría5310 Economía Internacional5506.06 Historia de la Economía5302.01 Indicadores Económicos5307.14 Teoría Macroeconómica