The Dimensions and Flaws of Tax Evasion -- A Finance Greatly Marked by Offshore -- The Limits of International Financial Statistics on Offshore Practices -- The Role of Bleaching Mechanisms -- Diversification of Countermeasures and Strengthening Them -- Worrying Business for Banks' Reputations...

"This volume takes an in-depth look at the economic issue of capital flight and outlines strategic methods to address the problem of international tax evasion and bank secrecy. In order to address these issues, the book explores the development prospects of tax evasion governance and identifies...

We characterise the probability distributions of various categories of gross capital flows conditional on information contained in financial asset prices in a panel of emerging market economies, with a focus on "tail" events. Our framework, based on the quantile regression methodology, allows...

We analyze whether or not the globalization of capital, "disciplines" governments and improves governance. We demonstrate that globalization affects governance, by increasing a country's vulnerability to sudden capital flight. This increased threat of capital flight can discipline governments...