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 …

decades and the importance of auditing in curbing corruption is increasingly revealed. There is a strong connection between … fraud and corruption, accelerated by electronic systems and modern platforms.The most recent developments tend to confirm … that external auditing is curbing corruption, due to international accounting and auditing standards at national and …

Is dishonest behavior contagious? We answer this question by studying whether corruption scandals affect the propensity … shoppers, we show that the probability of stealing increases by 16% after a local corruption scandal breaks. This effect is not …

increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to …

, the threat of being betrayed by their fellows may induce top-criminals to rely on corruption (to avoid sanctions). However …