According to the disciplining hypothesis, globalization restrains governments by inducing increased budgetary pressure. As a consequence, governments shift their expenditures in favour of transfers and subsidies and away from capital expenditures. This expenditure shift is potentially enhanced...

In this study, we analyze the cyclicality of fiscal policies in China during the period 1978-2013. We find that the cyclicality of local government spending in China significantly affects the cyclicality of total government spending. By employing both time-series and province-level panel data,...

Ausgangslage -- Grundlagen zum Phänomen Wirtschaftskriminalität -- Tax Fraud -- Unternehmen im Fokus von Geldwäscheaktivitäten -- Berufliche Anforderungen an den Steuerberater und Wirtschaftsprüfer -- Strafrechtliche Rahmenordnung und Selbstregulierung -- Forensic Accounting -- Anti-Fraud...

Das Thema ist von höchster Brisanz in Unternehmen, da ein fehlendes oder unzureichendes Anti-Fraud-Management längst kein Kavaliersdelikt mehr ist. Das Buch beschreibt den nationalen und internationalen rechtlichen Rahmen und die Besonderheiten für den Berufsstand der Wirtschaftsprüfer und...

We use an excludable instrument to test the effect of bilateral foreign aid on economic growth in a sample of 96 recipient countries over the 1974-2009 period. We interact donor government fractionalization with a recipient country's probability of receiving aid. The results show that...

This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link between globalization and income inequality differs across...