, in particular, money laundering, corruption, tax evasion, trafficking in human beings and as a transit country of drug …

results of an extensive ethnographic field study of the 2006 to 2008 Siemens corruption scandal. We find that this event did … corporate corruption with regard to its regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive dimensions. It is therefore particularly … perspective we reconstruct the development of the institutional context of the phenomenon corruption as well as its effects on the …

welfare through their decisions. Yet, cases of central bank corruption abound. The dissertation provides examples of ?pure … bank employees and governors, even though corruption in the central bank is obviously possible. By the very nature of their … used to point out the adverse effects of corruption in a central bank. Two empirical investigations will illustrate that …

in and that put their clout for the fight against corruption in question. Against this background, three novel anti-corruption …. What is more, legislation can also take advantage of these chinks to fight corruption effectively.In Section II it is … United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) are used as benchmarks. In addition, the respective legal provisions …

explained by theories on signaling. So, good borrowers choose short maturities to signal their good quality to the bank and to … made to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) by one Bulgarian bank between 2003 and 2007. Chapter 3 studies the …, long-term or mortgage loans. My results also indicate that this is driven by firms’ anticipation that the bank is reluctant …

Situation auf dem formellen Beteiligungsmarkt in Deutschland nach dem Ausbruch der Finanzkrise. Neben den allgemeinen …

This study explores gender differences in entrepreneurship and informal investment in Ireland, a country with one of … the lowest rates of female entrepreneurship in the developed world. Females in Ireland are less likely than males to be …

significant differences in entrepreneurial activity between Ireland and Hungary in both the type of people starting businesses and … Ireland and Hungary (Reynolds, et al 2005). We expect that countries will benefit from FDI spillovers when there is a strong … between Ireland and Hungary in terms of (i) levels of opportunity-based entrepreneurial activity, (ii) the entrepreneurial …