The financial crisis has shone a light on many hitherto disregarded market practices and has put pressure on regulators to show that they are policing the markets in order to contain unacceptable practices. In 2010 a prominent example arose in the area of financial market regulation, as the...

Energy poverty is widely recognized as a major obstacle to economic and social development and poverty alleviation. To help inform the design of appropriate and effective policies to reduce energy poverty, we present a brief analysis of the current macro financial flows in the electricity and...

The relationship between the private security industry and public institutions and agencies is complex and by no means one-way. The industry assists and acts as a substitute for the public sphere, is governed by it, albeit in a partial and uneven manner, whilst restructuring the public sphere in...

This paper contains the appendices to the report "The Impact of E-Cigarette Regulation on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in the European Union" ("https://ssrn.com/abstract=3435177" https://ssrn.com/abstract=3435177). The contents will be of interest to researchers studying EU regulations...

The history of international efforts to control the flow of funds to designated ‘terrorist groups' via the formal financial system is examined. The work shows that-despite the high motivation of some governments and international banks to reduce terrorist attacks, which harm their citizens,...

Crimes of deception are treated by the mass media as extensions of 'infotainment', such as individual and corporate celebrities in trouble; 'normal' people turning to fraud because of drugs, gambling or sex; readily visualizable and often short fraud events (like 'identity fraud' or 'card...