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Lies in Disguise - A Theoretical Analysis of Cheating

Dufwenberg, Martin - 2017

We perform a (psychological) game-theoretic analysis of cheating in the setting proposed by Fischbacher & Föllmi-Heusi (2013). The key assumption, which we refer to as perceived cheating aversion, is that the decision maker derives disutility in proportion to the amount in which he is perceived...

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What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods

Balafoutas, Loukas - 2011

measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers' presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …. Higher income seems to lead to more fraud …

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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State : The Case of Benefit Morale

Halla, Martin - 2009

assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect of different welfare arrangements on benefit fraud. In particular, we …

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Vote Buying or (Political) Business (Cycles) as Usual?

Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard; Asatryan, Zareh; Badalyan, Lusine; … - 2021

We study the short-run effect of elections on monetary aggregates in a sample of 85 low and middle income democracies (1975-2009). We find an increase in the growth rate of M1 during election months of about one tenth of a standard deviation. A similar effect can neither be detected in...

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Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and 'The Broken Windows' Effect : An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands

Lefebvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre; Riedl, Arno; … - 2021

welfare fraud but report their income honestly anyway; (iii) examples of low compliance tend to increase tax evasion while …

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Corruption, Seigniorage and Growth : Theory and Evidence

Blackburn, Keith; Neanidis, Kyriakos C.; Haque, M. Emranul - 2021

This paper presents an analysis of the effect of bureaucratic corruption on economic growth through a public finance transmission channel. At the theoretical level, we develop a simple dynamic general equilibrium model in which financial intermediaries make portfolio decisions on behalf of...

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Money Laundering as a Financial Sector Crime - A New Approach to Measurement, with an Application to Italy

Ardizzi, Guerino - 2013

Anti-money laundering regulations have been centred on the “Know-Your-Customer” rule so far, overlooking the fact that criminal proceedings that need to be laundered are usually represented by cash. This is the first study which tries to provide an answer to the question of how much of cash...

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Size and Development of the Shadow Economy and of Do-it-Yourself Activities in Germany

Buehn, Andreas - 2007

This paper presents the first MIMIC (multiple indicator multiple causes) model estimate of the size and development of the shadow economy and of do-it-yourself (DIY) activities in Germany from 1970 to 2005. By 2005, they reached a level of about 17% and 4.94%. While the shadow economy has...

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Tax Evasion and Economic Crime. Empirical Evidence for Italy

Argentiero, Amedeo - 2015

affected by tax evasion. Interestingly, the degree of substitution for fraud and usury is related to the size of tax burden …

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Does Tax Evasion Affect Economic Crime?

Argentiero, Amedeo - 2018

crime that are related to economic determinants: property crimes (including robbery, theft and car theft), fraud and usury … tax evasion positively affects economic crimes. Notably, the elasticity of tax evasion to fraud is related to the size of … adjustment costs. Finally, we find that property crimes, fraud and usury are not influenced by deterrence or clearing …

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