methods. With the emergence and development of Internet and computers more powerful, more sophisticated ways were emerging and … less expensive to pirate. Today hacking/software piracy has highly negative consequences, implying huge loss for both the … economy and businesses. This paper will study some determinants of hacking. It examines empirically the influence that GDP per …

systems, legal and organizational structures, exclusive information networks, and surveillance. We conclude that in the …

surveillance made the narrative report the best means to handle the diverse business credit market. By contrast, lenders in the …

Surveillance is integral to modern societies. This paper considers the economic forces behind surveillance, the use of … surveillance in the private sector, and the social consequences for the continued growth of surveillance over the past several … centuries. It argues that the demand for surveillance of people will grow, while the cost of providing surveillance continues to …

real economy, that is the securitisation of financial assets (and in particular of loans and mortgages) and the growth of … exposure to credit derivatives, mainly due to loan securitisation, may have affected the growth rate of loans over the past few … liquidity/maturity transformation function associated with securitisation activities. The results of the paper regarding the …