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The (hidden) financial flows of terrorist organizations: A literature review and some preliminary empirical results
Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276713
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Money laundering and its regulations
Chong, Alberto; López-de-Silanes, Florencio - 2007
The recent wave of terrorist attacks has increased the attention paid to money laundering activities. Using several methodologies, this paper investigates empirically the determinants of money laundering and its regulation in over 80 countries by assembling a cross-country dataset on proxies for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278242
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Restricting or Abolishing Cash: An Effective Instrument for Fighting the Shadow Economy, Crime and Terrorism?
Schneider, Friedrich - 2017
. Second, the use of cash in crime, here especially in corruption, is also econometrically investigated. The influence is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011687795
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Money laundering and corruption: birds of a feather flock together
Barone, Raffaella; Masciandaro, Donato; Schneider, Friedrich - 2019
corruption. On the one hand, if we assume that the goal of criminals involved in corruption is to minimize the probability of … being detected, then corruption represents a demand for money laundering (trigger effect), while money laundering can serve … as an effective way to clean the revenue from corruption for re-investment (multiplier effect). On the other hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052793
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Restricting or abolishing cash: An effective instrument for fighting the shadow economy, crime and terrorism?
Schneider, Friedrich - 2017
. Second, the use of cash in crime, here especially in corruption, is also econometrically investigated. The influence is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916753
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The impact of the development of society on economic and financial crime: Case study for European Union member states
Achim, Monica Violeta; Vaidean, Viorela Ligia; Borlea, … - In: Risks 9 (2021) 5, pp. 1-20
and sustainable development determines a reduction in the levels of corruption, shadow economy, and cybercrime …
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Surprised by Wirecard? Enablers of corporate wrongdoing in Europe
Nyreröd, Theo; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2021
In the last two decades prolonged instances of corporate wrongdoing in Europe have been un-covered: from Siemens' systemic bribery to HSBC and other major bank's money laundering issues, Dieselgate, LIBOR price-rigging, and the recent Wirecard debacle. What has driven European firms to engage in...
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Cash on trial, mk II: Economics, technology and institutions
Birchler, Urs W. (contributor); Gnan, Ernest (contributor);  … - 2019
The conference will be staged as a court trial in which cash will be accused with three charges: First, cash is an essential part of many kinds of criminal activities; second, it is an inefficient and outdated means of payment; and third, it prevents central banks from implementing optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012522721
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Money laundering and tax evasion : Do international measures have a significant impact in sub-Saharan Africa?
Kohnert, Dirk - 2024
Jersey, one of the world's most notorious tax and money laundering havens, reached an agreement with Nigeria to repatriate … Geldwäscheparadiese der Welt, mit Nigeria auf die Rückführung von mehr als 300 Millionen US-Dollar, die vom ehemaligen nigerianischen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014636101
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The Foreign Operations of Swedish Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from a Survey of Swedish Multinationals 1998
Ekholm, Karolina; Hesselman, Marie - 2000
This paper presents the results of a survey of Swedish multinationals conducted in 1999. The survey was carried out in order to update an existing database on Swedish manufacturing firms with producing foreign affiliates collected by the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI). The...
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