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Deterrence institutions are widely used in modern societies to discourage rule violations but whether they have an impact beyond their immediate scope of application is usually ignored. Using a natural field experiment, we show that they affect intrinsic honesty across contexts. We identified...
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Deterrence institutions are widely used in modern societies to discourage rule violations but whether they have an impact beyond their immediate scope of application is usually ignored. Using a natural field experiment, we show that they affect intrinsic honesty across contexts. We identified...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863338
Missing trader intra-community (MTIC) fraud has been slowly morphing from cell phones and computer chips to other … treatment in large measure. On Monday June 8, 2009 rumors of MTIC fraud in carbon emission permits closed the main European … (without right of deduction). MTIC fraud in tradable CO2 permits presents a high level policy dilemma – how do you aggressively …
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In order to have recoverable damages in a Rule 10b-5 action, plaintiffs must establish loss causation, i.e. that the actionable misconduct was the cause of economic losses to the plaintiffs. The requirement of loss causation has come to the fore as the result of the Supreme Court's landmark...
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Corporate and securities laws are seen to mitigate corporate fraud by 'manipulating the incentives of agents …': presenting corporate agents with a probability of being caught and punished if they commit fraud. This article suggests that the … same laws also affect corporate fraud in a significant but unappreciated manner, by 'manipulating the perceptions of the …
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This article addresses the criminological aspects of subsidy fraud crimes targeting the financial interests of the … European Communities. Among the issues covered are the way subsidy fraud crimes are being committed and in which fields the … subsidy fraud crimes …
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This paper investigates the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on corporate financial fraud in China. We … likely to engage in financial fraud. The results also indicate that the negative relation is more significant for CSR …
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This study investigates the role of gender diversity in fraud commission and detection with a view to identifying … whether companies with more female corporate leaders are less likely to be involved in financial statement fraud. Using a … bivariate probit model, the role of female corporate leaders in financial statement fraud commission and detection is examined …
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We provide the first quantitative synthesis of the literature on how financial markets react to the disclosure of financial crimes committed by listed firms. While consensus expects negative stock price returns, the exact size of the effect is far from clear. We survey 111 studies published over...
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Using US household panel data, we provide evidence of a strong negative association between consumer fraud … show that fraud is more negatively associated with a loss in individuals’ confidence in financial matters than with … having fallen prey to fraud, which in turn carries major implications for subsequent financial decision making …
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