EU Accession Conditionality and Shadow Economy Reform — A Systematic Review

Key Points

• This research aims to evaluate how EU accession conditionality influences reforms in the shadow economy.
• Conducted a systematic review of existing literature
• Analyzed case studies from various EU accession countries
• Evaluated the effectiveness of conditionality measures on shadow economy reforms
• EU accession conditionality positively influences shadow economy reform
• Countries that embraced conditionality showed improved economic transparency
• Reforms lead to a decrease in the size of the shadow economy in several cases