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The impact of organized crime on inter-regional price disparities in Russia is estimated for each year from 1992 to 2000, and over the panel of 1993-2000, using a sample of 70 Russian regions, and that of 50 regions from the European part of the country. The relationship between prices and crime...
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In this paper the financial means of international (mostly Islamistic) terror organizations are analysed. First, some short remarks about the organization of international terror organizations are made. Second and in a much more detailed way a literature review is provided about the financing of...
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Central America to the United States, from West Asia through Greece and Turkey to Western Europe, and within East and …
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We analyze an oligopoly model in which differentiated criminal organizations globally compete on criminal activities and engage in local corruption to avoid punishment. When law enforcers are sufficiently well-paid, difficult to bribe and corruption detection highly probable, we show that...
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In many developing and transition economies Mafia-like activities are rampant. Extortion and other forms of predation lower profitability in private businesses and distort investment incentives. Incorporated in a model of industrialization, bimodal club convergence may result. Economies may get...
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marginal costs of steam coal supply in Europe. Increasing Chinese demand for steam coal will lead to a growing need for … especially affect nations mainly relying on imports, like for example Europe. We analyze the scope of this effect under different … long run marginal costs of supply for Europe and the US but significant effects for China. …
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This paper provides an overview on the existing systems of natural hazards insurance in Europe, their structural …
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study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
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) within Europe. However, along with the internationalization of Korean firms, the motives and patterns for direct investments … MNEs within Europe are analyzed. The main findings indicate that Germany is considered more important to automobile …
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This study deals with the prevalence of single-parent- and stepfamilies in Europe and their linkages in cross … such that the share of single-parent families and stepfamilies is much higher in Europe´s northern countries. Eastern … Europe, however, includes countries in which the share of single-parent- and stepfamilies was extraordinarily high and …
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