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A recent study by Kar and Cartwright-Smith (2008) found that over the period 2002 to 2006, illicit financial flows from developing countries increased from US $372 to US $859 billion. The purpose of this paper is to link these outflows with major points of absorption consisting of offshore...
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The objective of this study is to estimate the volume and pattern of illicit financial flows (termed capital flight in other research) - money that is illegally earned, transferred, or utilized - from all developing countries based on a critical review of competing capital flight models. Through...
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capital outflows from Russia. Many recent studies in Russia have focused on studying the impact of economic factors on capital … outflow. However, few studies in Russia evaluate and explain the impact of non-economic factors on the volume of capital …
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-income Russia is a net capital exporter, and some of its firms, such as Gazprom, Lukoil, Norilsk Nickel, and Severstal, have already …
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This study presents estimates of various types of capital flows to and from post-Soviet Russia. We argue that while … by underground economic activities. The latter is used as a proxy for the state of overall governance in Russia, which …-border transmission of illicit financial flows to and from Russia …
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This paper discusses Russia's "black cash" economy.Using interviews and survey data, we examine the mechanics of … behaviour and discuss questions for future research. Keywords: tax evasion, informal business activity, "black cash", Russia …
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This paper discusses Russia's "black cash" economy. Using interviews and survey data, we examine the mechanics of …
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In 1992 Russia unified the multiple exchange rates that had applied to international transactions. This paper describes … the multiple exchange rate system that existed in Russia prior to mid-1992 and undertakes a theoretical exploration of the … foreign exchange markets of changes in the types of policy instruments associated with Russia’s exchange rate regime reform …
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The rise of China has prompted US geostrategic thinkers over the past decade to talk about the degree to which another "world war" is inevitable, and has also contributed to growing accusations that China is "imperialist." It will be argued that it is possible to accuse China of "imperialism"...
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