@misc{20.500.12880/5575,
year = {2023},
month = {7},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12880/5575},
abstract = {The formalization of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) by the African Union (AU) as the largest Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the world has the
potential to become a stepping stone for the African continent to their economic independence and development. Nevertheless, little is mentioned about informality in
the literature and projections about the agreement, which forms a significant part of the AU members’ economies. This Bachelor’s Thesis explores the relationship between
trade liberalization and informality more in-depth, and through a multiple regression analysis with a dataset containing over 22 African countries, what factors contribute to
informality, and then measures the effect through a within-sample forecast of tariff reduction in the informal economy. The result from our model concludes that tariff
reduction, all else held constant, does lead to a reduction of informality as a percentage of GDP.},
title = {Shedding light on the shadow economy: exploring the impact of the african continental free trade area agreement (AFCFTA) on africa's informal secto},
keywords = {AfCFTA},
keywords = {Informal sector},
keywords = {African Union},
keywords = {Trade liberalization},
keywords = {Regression analysis},
author = {Leopardi, Mauro},
}