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94
Citations
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World Ranking
142
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Austria Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Austria Leader Award
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Friedrich Schneider is affiliated with Johannes Kepler University of Linz in Austria and has contributed extensively to the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work encompasses a range of topics, with a particular emphasis on taxation and compliance studies, fiscal policy and economic growth, and corporate taxation and avoidance.

Their research interests also cover the interplay between corruption and economic development, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Islamic finance and banking studies, and broader issues related to economic growth and development.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Friedrich Schneider include Ali Uyar, Khalil Nimer, Khurrum S. Mughal, Alban Asllani, and Soroush Hashemi.

Common publication venues for their work are the SSRN Electronic Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Cogent Economics & Finance, and the South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance.

Some recent papers by Friedrich Schneider include:

  • Can e-government initiatives alleviate tax evasion? The moderation effect of ICT (2021), Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • New COVID-related results for estimating the shadow economy in the global economy in 2021 and 2022 (2022), International Economics and Economic Policy
  • E-government, education quality, internet access in schools, and tax evasion (2022), Cogent Economics & Finance
  • Poverty and the shadow economy: The role of governmental institutions (2020), World Economy
  • Ethical behavior, auditing strength, and tax evasion: A worldwide perspective (2021), Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation

Friedrich Schneider's scholarly output is predominantly classified under Economics and Econometrics, with significant contributions also recorded in Accounting, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, and General Health Professions.

Their work has been recognized by their membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Shadow Economies: Size, Causes, and Consequences

    Friedrich Schneider;Dominik H. Enste

  • Economic and political determinants of foreign direct investment

    Friedrich Schneider;Bruno S Frey

  • The Shadow Economy: An International Survey

    Friedrich Schneider;Dominik H. Enste

  • Shadow economies all over the world : new estimates for 162 countries from 1999 to 2007

    Friedrich Schneider;Andreas Buehn;Claudio E. Montenegro

  • Shadow economies around the world: what do we really know?

    Friedrich G. Schneider

  • New Estimates for the Shadow Economies all over the World

    Friedrich Schneider;Andreas Buehn;Claudio E. Montenegro

  • Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis

    Axel Dreher;Friedrich G. Schneider

  • The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy

    Benno Torgler;Friedrich G. Schneider

  • SHADOW ECONOMIES AROUND THE WORLD: WHAT DO WE KNOW?

    Friedrich G. Schneider;Robert Klinglmair

  • An Empirical Study of Politico-Economic Interaction in the United States: A Reply

    Bruno S. Frey;Friedrich Schneider

  • Shadow economies and corruption all over the world: what do we really know?

    Friedrich G. Schneider

  • What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries*

    Benno Torgler;Friedrich G. Schneider

  • Shadow economies around the world: novel insights, accepted knowledge, and new estimates

    Andreas Buehn;Andreas Buehn;Friedrich Schneider

  • The Size of the Shadow Economies of 145 Countries all over the World: First Results over the Period 1999 to 2003

    Friedrich Schneider

  • SURVEY ON THE SHADOW ECONOMY AND UNDECLARED EARNINGS IN OECD COUNTRIES

    Lars P. Feld;Friedrich Schneider

  • The shadow economy

    Colin C Williams;Friedrich Schneider;Friedrich Schneider

  • Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: New Estimates for 145 Countries

    Friedrich G. Schneider;Friedrich G. Schneider;Andreas Buehn

  • A Politico-Economic Model of the United Kingdom

    Bruno S. Frey;Friedrich Schneider

  • Shadow Economies Around the World: What Did We Learn Over the Last 20 Years?

    Leandro Medina;Friedrich Schneider

  • FISCAL ILLUSION, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, AND LOCAL PUBLIC SPENDING

    Werner W. Pommerehne;Friedrich Schneider

  • Shadow Economies Around the World: What Do We Know?

    Friedrich Schneider;Friedrich Schneider;Robert Klinglmair

  • Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis

    Benno Torgler;Friedrich Schneider

  • The origins of terrorism: Cross-country estimates of socio-economic determinants of terrorism

    Andreas Freytag;Andreas Freytag;Jens J. Krüger;Daniel Meierrieks;Friedrich G. Schneider

  • Everyday representations of tax avoidance, tax evasion, and tax flight: Do legal differences matter?

    Erich Kirchler;Boris Maciejovsky;Friedrich Schneider

  • The quality of institutions and satisfaction with democracy in Western Europe — A panel analysis

    Alexander F. Wagner;Alexander F. Wagner;Friedrich Schneider;Martin Halla

  • Handbook on the Shadow Economy

    Friedrich Schneider

  • Shadow economy and tax evasion in the EU

    Friedrich Schneider;Konrad Raczkowski;Bogdan Mróz

  • The encyclopedia of public choice

    Charles Kershaw Rowley;Friedrich Schneider

  • Competing models of international lending activity

    Bruno S. Frey;Friedrich Schneider

  • Estimating the Size of the Danish Shadow Economy using the Currency Demand Approach: An Attempt

    Friedrich Schneider

  • Shadow Economies Around the World

    Friedrich Schneider;Dominik Enste

  • The Origins of Terrorism - Cross-Country Estimates on Socio-Economic Determinants of Terrorism

    Andreas Freytag;Jens J. Krüger;Daniel Meierrieks;Friedrich Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Benno Torgler
Benno Torgler Queensland University of Technology
Bruno S. Frey
Bruno S. Frey University of Basel
Ansgar Belke
Ansgar Belke University of Duisburg-Essen
Colin C. Williams
Colin C. Williams University of Sheffield
Lars P. Feld
Lars P. Feld Walter Eucken Institut
Axel Dreher
Axel Dreher Heidelberg University
Gebhard Kirchgässner
Gebhard Kirchgässner University of St. Gallen
Juergen von Hagen
Juergen von Hagen University of Bonn
Kai A. Konrad
Kai A. Konrad Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Gert G. Wagner
Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research

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