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Do we need central bank digital currency? Economics, technology and institutions
Gnan, Ernest (contributor); Masciandaro, Donato (contributor) - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985213
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Understanding Cryptocurrencies
Härdle, Wolfgang Karl; Harvey, Campbell R.; Reule, … - 2018
Cryptocurrencies refer to a type of digital cash that use distributed ledger - or blockchain technology - to provide secure transactions. These currencies are generally misunderstood. While initially dismissed as fads or bubbles, many large central banks are considering launching their own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433193
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Technology adoption and access to credit via mobile phones
Gupta, Apoorv; Ponticelli, Jacopo; Tesei, Andrea - 2019
Farmers in developing countries often lack access to timely and reliable information about modern technologies that are essential to improve agricultural productivity. The recent diffusion of mobile phones has the potential to overcome these barriers by making information available to those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012144237
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Financial impact of regulatory sanctions on French listed companies
de Batz, Laure - 2018
This paper assesses the information content of sanctions of listed companies pronounced by the French Financial Market Authority, through reactions from financial markets over the period 2004 to 2016. We answer whether, for a listed company, being named in a sanction report, as an offender, an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063456
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Financial crime spillovers: Does one gain to be avenged?
de Batz, Laure - 2019
This paper examines the spillovers of the sanction procedures on listed companies which were victims of others' financial regulatory breaches (i.e. regulated entities or individuals). Market manipulators can be investigated and possibly sanctioned for doing so, according to the French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063507
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Financial Crime and Punishment: A Meta-Analysis
de Batz, Laure; Kocenda, Evzen - 2020
We examine how the publication of intentional financial crimes committed by listed firms is interpreted by financial markets, using a systematic and quantitative review of existing empirical studies. Specifically, we conduct a meta-regression analysis and investigate the extent and nature of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012695513
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Tatort Internet: Kriminalität verursacht Bürgern Schäden in Milliardenhöhe
Riekmann, Johannes; Kraus, Martina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 12, pp. 295-301
, identity theft, consumer fraud, and malicious software. The damage in these areas together amounts to approximately 3.4 billion …
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Does Tax Evasion Affect Economic Crime?
Argentiero, Amedeo; Chiarini, Bruno; Marzano, Elisabetta - 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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Trust, Salience and Deterrence: Evidence from an Antitrust Experiment
Bigoni, Maria; Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof; Le Coq, Chloe; … - 2011
We present results from a laboratory experiment identifying the main channels through which different law enforcement strategies deter organized economic crime. The absolute level of a fine has a strong deterrence effect, even when the exogenous probability of apprehension is zero. This effect...
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Systemic acquired critique of credit card deception exposure through machine learning
Dantas, Rui Miguel; Firdaus, Raheela; Jaleel, Farrokh; … - In: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and … 8 (2022) 4, pp. 1-20
A wide range of recent studies are focusing on current issues of financial fraud, especially concerning cybercrimes … fraud. In recent days, ATM fraud has decreased, while credit card fraud has increased. This study examines articles from …. This study identifies the crucial gaps which ultimately allow research opportunities in this fraud detection process by …
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