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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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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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Money laundering as a financial sector crime: A new approach to measurement, with an application to Italy
Ardizzi, Guerino; Petraglia, Carmelo; Piacenza, Massimiliano - 2013
Anti-money laundering regulations have been centred on the Know-Your-Customer rule so far, overlooking the fact that criminal proceedings that need to be laundered are usually represented by cash. This is the first study which tries to provide an answer to the question of how much of cash...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291661
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803047
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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
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for a third of the countries on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. In the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) Ranking and Risk Assessment Tool, the region performed poorly in terms of resilience to ML/TF, with more than 60% of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014636101
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The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy
Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007
This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294508
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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294540
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Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality: A panel analysis
Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno - 2007
This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of shadow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294548