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The Impact of Patent Applications in the Context of the ESG Model at World Level

Leogrande, Angelo; Leogrande, Domenico; Costantiello, … - 2023

In the following article, we estimate the value of Patent Applications-PA in the context of the Environmental, Social and Governance-ESG model at world level. We use data from World Bank for 193 countries in the period 2011-2021. We found that PA is positively associated, among others, to “ CO...

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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...

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Les mesures internationales contre le blanchiment d'argent et l'évasion fiscale, ont-elles un impact significatif en Afrique subsaharienne?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2024

L’Afrique subsaharienne (ASS) représente un tiers des pays figurant sur la liste grise du Groupe d’action financière (GAFI). Dans l’outil de classement et d’évaluation des risques du blanchiment d’argent et du financement du terrorisme (BC/FT), la région a obtenu de mauvais...

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Epidemic corruption: a bio-economic homology

Hathroubi, Salem - 2013

This paper aims to study corruption as an epidemic phenomenon using the epidemic diffusion model of Kermack and Mc …-Kendrick (1927). We seek to determine the dynamics of corruption and its impact on the composition of the population at a given time …. We determine a threshold epidemiological corruption based on the approximation of the honest population. …

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Are Africans happy? 'Return to laughter' in times of war, famine and misery

Kohnert, Dirk - 2022

Happiness is a universal state of mind. However, its meaning takes on culture-specific forms, ranging from emotional states of mind to life satisfaction. The definition of 'happiness' is strongly influenced by the respective philosophical background and material living conditions and is shaped...

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Is water a blessing or a curse? How to address water conflicts in West Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - 2023

For many Africans, water is not only the source of life, but also a means of purification and a centre of regeneration. Water rituals and cults, such as 'Mami Wata', lead their followers to liberation of body and spirit. But customary rites can also cause harm. For example, the ancestral use of...

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VAT Evasion in Bulgaria: A General-Equilibrium Approach

Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2016

This paper utilizes an otherwise standard micro-founded general-equilibrium setup, which is augmented with a revenue-extraction mechanism to assess the magnitude of VAT evasion. The model is calibrated to Bulgaria after the introduction of the currency board (1999-2014), as one of the very few...

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Do Customs Trade Facilitation Programmes Help Reduce Customs-Related Corruption?

Michael, Bryane; Popov, Maja - 2012

Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each … only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency – in a large number of customs agencies -- if the customs agency …’s director undertakes a big-bang approach to reform. We also find support for the corruption clubs theory – that customs agencies …

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Democratisation via elections in an African 'narco state'? The case of Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focusing on good governance, statebuilding and conflict prevention, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures. The portrayal of Guinea- Bissau as a failed...

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Is consumption-Laffer curve hump-shaped? The role of VAT evasion

Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2016

This paper shows a standard RBC model, when augmented with a VAT evasion channel, where evasion depends on the consumption tax rate, can produce a hump-shaped consumption Laffer curve. Furthermore, when the evasion channel is turned off, the hump in the Laffer curve disappears, resulting in a...

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