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Whistle-blower protection : theory and experimental evidence

Mechtenberg, Lydia; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas - 2017

Whistle-blowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Various recent laws aim at improving protection of whistle-blowers and enhancing their willingness to report. Evidence on the effectiveness of such legislation is, however, scarce. Moreover, critics have raised...

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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 …

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Whistle-blower protection : theory and experimental evidence

Mechtenberg, Lydia; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas - 2017

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Organized crime and the bright side of subversion of law

Gamba, Astrid; Immordino, Giovanni; Piccolo, Salvatore - 2016

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

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The Dark Side of Economic Globalisation : Politics, Organised Crime and Corruption in the Pacific

Walton, Grant - 2016

While organised crime comes in a variety of guises, in this paper we argue that organised crime in the Pacific can be best framed as a nexus between political elites and seemingly licit actors. We argue that three changes over the past two decades have made it increasingly likely that the...

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Contagious Dishonesty : Corruption Scandals and Supermarket Theft

Gulino, Giorgio; Masera, Federico - 2022

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 …

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Neutralizing the tentacles of organized crime : assessment of the impact of an anti-crime measure on mafia violence in Italy

Baraldi, Anna Laura; Papagni, Erasmo; Stimolo, Marco - 2023

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

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Leniency policies and illegal transactions

Buccirossi, Paolo; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2005 - First version: October 1999, Final version: September 8, 2005

enforcers - on sequential, bilateral, illegal transactions, such as corruption, manager-auditor collusion, or drug deals. It is …

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Illicit financial flows : illicit narcotics transiting West Africa

Shaw, Mark - 2019

This paper explores the flow of illicit narcotics transiting West Africa. It is divided into four sections, providing an overview of the nature and scope of the illicit narcotic economy, the networks and actors involved and its development impacts, including its resulting illicit financial...

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Illicit financial flows : illicit trade in counterfeit, pirated and substandard goods in Ghana

Lallerstedt, Karl - 2019

Illicit trade in goods that displace normally legal goods is an extensive global problem, which carries considerable development risks and losses for developing countries. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer goods (which in itself consists of a broad range of goods), this...

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