In this paper we analyze the link between corruption money laundering and round-trip investment via offshore … the conclusion that there is a strong link between round-trip investment and corruption money laundering …

world. Distance volumes and product characteristics matter. In addition, we find that ports efficiency is an important … determinant of shipping costs. Improving port efficiency from the 25th to the 75th percentile reduces shipping costs by 12 percent … explain variations in port efficiency and find that they are linked to excessive regulation, the prevalence of organized crime …

restate bilateral investment positions to better reflect the true financial linkages connecting countries around the world. We … nearly 600 billion dollars, while China's official net creditor position to the rest of the world is overstated by about 50 …

thereby stimulate economic activity. Major tax havens have less than one percent of the world's population (outside the United … States), and 2.3 percent of world GDP, but host 5.7 percent of the foreign employment and 8.4 percent of foreign property ….3 percent between 1982 and 1999, which compares favorably to the world average of 1.4 percent. Tax haven governments appear to …

country in offshore tax havens. The equivalent of 10% of world GDP is held in tax havens globally, but this average masks a … countries, which account for close to half of world GDP. Because offshore wealth is very concentrated at the top, accounting for … world …