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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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Almost fifty years ago in 1965, on the steps of the State Capital in Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., asked a crowd of twenty-five thousand "How long will prejudice blind the visions of men, darken their understanding, and drive bright-eyed wisdom from her sacred throne?" The...
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In modern societies today complete legal descriptions of criminal offenses, related to the illegal audit of public revenues usually appear as tax evasion, customs fraud and smuggling. It will be the crime of smuggling phenomenon, as one of the forms of illegal evasion of public revenue,...
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This study develops a computable general equilibrium model for Nigeria, which accounts for informality, tax evasion, and fuel smuggling. By studying the impact of fuel subsidy reform on consumption, tax incidence, and fiscal efficiency, it shows that the presence of illicit activities...
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The discourse about illicit financial flows (IFFs) repeatedly stresses promoting development and equality in the world, but the links between them are much more difficult to ascertain. As defined in relation to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, the concept of what is illicit rests on...
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This paper investigates whether sanctions imposed in the wake of the Ukraine crisis by Western countries and Russia …
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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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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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