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Gov-aargh-nance: "Even Criminals Need Law and Order"

Groot, Olaf J. de; Rablen, Matthew D.; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

We present a theoretical model postulating that the relationship between crime and governance is "hump-shaped" rather … for this non-linear relationship. The occurrence, persistence and intensity of small-scale maritime crime are well … approximated by a quadratic relationship with governance quality. Organised crime benefits from corrupt yet effective bureaucrats …

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"Robin Hook": The Developmental Effects of Somali Piracy

Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

Naval counter-piracy measures off Somalia have failed to change the incentives for pirates, raising calls for land-based approaches that may involve replacing piracy as a source of income. This paper evaluates the effects of piracy on the Somali economy to establish which (domestic) groups...

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The (Hidden) Financial Flows of Terrorist and Transnational Crime Organizations: A Literature Review and Some Preliminary Empirical Results

Schneider, Friedrich; Caruso, Raul - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

The financial means of international terror and transnational organized crime organizations are analyzed. First, some … a literature review is provided about the financing of terrorist and transnational organized crime organizations, their …

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"Robin Hook": The Developmental Effects of Somali Piracy

Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

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Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism: A Survey

Haigner, Stefan; Schneider, Friedrich; Wakolbinger, Florian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

Policy programs on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) have largely called for preventive measures like keeping record of financial transactions and reporting suspicious ones. In this survey study, we analyze the extent of global money laundering and...

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Gov-arrrgh-nance: Jolly Rogers and Dodgy Rulers

Groot, Olaf J. de; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

a unique insight into crime in badly governed countries which were systematically excluded from previous analyses. We …

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Is Government Ownership of Banks Really Harmful to Growth?

Andrianova, Svetlana; Demetriades, Panicos; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

We put forward a modern version of the 'developmental' view of government-owned banks which shows that the combination of information asymmetries and weak institutions creates scope for such banks to play a growth-promoting role. We present new cross-country evidence consistent with our...

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Barrgh-gaining with Somali Pirates

Groot, Olaf J. de; Rablen, Matthew D.; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

Ransoms paid to Somali pirates are drifting upward and negotiation times are increasing, yet there is huge variation in bargaining outcomes across shipowners. We use a unique dataset of 179 Somali hijackings, and an underlying theoretical model of the bargaining process based on detailed...

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Creating Low Skilled Jobs by Subsidising Market-Contracted Household Work

Brück, Tilman; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

We analyze the determinants of household work contracted in the German shadow economy. The German socio-economic household panel, which enumerates casual domestic employment, is used to estimate the demand for such household work. The regressors include regional wage rates, household income and...

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Eine panelökonometrische Überprüfung der ökonomischen Theorie der Kriminalität mit deutschen Bundesländerdaten

Spengler, Hannes - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

According to the economic theory of crime, a rise in expected punishment (the product of probability and severity of … punishment) results in a reduction of crime due to deterrence. What appears to be a simple and straightforward hypotheses turns … out to be a demanding task for empirical examination because "crime" is composed of many different offence categories and …

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