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The impact of corruption on apprehension level of immigrants: A study of the United States immigration

Buzurukov, Bilol; Lee, Byeong Wan - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

This paper demonstrates the effect of country level corruption on illicit behavior of individuals in a foreign country. The empirical research investigates the probability of individuals being apprehended overseas due to the influence of corrupt environment in their home countries. Using...

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The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries.

Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Trebesch, Christoph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

asymmetries might be an effective strategy to reduce the crime. …

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The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries

Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Trebesch, Christoph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

asymmetries might be an effective strategy to reduce the crime …

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Deterrence Works for Criminals

Khadjavi, Menusch - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

Criminal law and economics rests on the expectation that deterrence incentives can be employed to reduce crime. Prison …

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Long-Run Determinants of Immigration to Germany 1974-1999: A Ricardian Framework

Foders, Federico - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003

This paper examines the long-run determinants of immigration to Germany using a modified version of the Ricardo model …

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Germany; an Immigration Country

Siebert, Horst - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003

Germany has about the same proportion of foreigners in its population as the United States, it is an immigration … country. In a way, Germany has let immigration happen, but it did not really have an explicit immigration policy in the past …. Now it has to make up its mind on its immigration policy in the future. The paper looks at the experience with immigration …

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Global Governance: Old and New Issues

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

supplies, immigration, and economic responses to political chaos. A few of these, but not the majority, are seen as good …

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The nature of corruption: An interdisciplinary perspective

Dimant, Eugen - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to a massive trans-border threat while creating...

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Do less-violent technologies result in less violence? A theoretical investigation applied to the use of tasers by law enforcement

McCannon, Bryan C. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

The use of a taser by law enforcement can substitute for either a gun (a more-violent technology) or a mildly-violent technology (such as pepper spray or hands-on tactics). Which is used affects both the severity of harm when used and the amount of resistance, which affects how often it must be...

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The Positive Economics of Corporatism and Corporate Governance

Fehn, Rainer; Meier, Carsten-Patrick - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000

This paper presents a positive model which shows that institutional setups on capital and labor markets might be intertwined by politicoeconomic forces. Two politicoeconomic equilibria arise from our model, one with little protection of insiders on capital and labor markets, and another one with...

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