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The Use of Markers in Leniency Programmes

OECD - 2014

This paper was prepared as a background note for a discussion held in December 2014 on the Use of Markers in Leniency Programmes. It focuses on markers which are particular feature of some leniency programmes that records the date and time of an application to establish the applicant’s...

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Accountability of Non-State Actors in Uganda for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations : Between Amnesty and the International Criminal Court

Ssenyonjo, Manisuli - 2014

The armed conflict in northern Uganda, between the Lord`s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels and the Ugandan government, is one of Africa`s longest running armed conflicts not of an international character. It has lasted for nearly two decades. In the course of the conflict, serious war crimes of...

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Is Tax Amnesty a Good Tax Policy? : Evidence from State Tax Amnesty Programs in the United States

Luitel, Hari S. - 2014

<span><span>Is a tax amnesty a good tax policy? To address this question, this book examines whether a typical state tax amnesty is likely to generate substantial short term tax revenues without a corresponding significant negative effect on long run tax compliance. </span></span>

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Strategic Amnesty and Credible Immigration Reform

Chau, Nancy H. - 2014

Why do countries that impose employer sanctions to deter illegal entry of foreign workers nevertheless grant amnesty to illegal immigrants? This paper provides a positive theory of amnesty provision in a model where the constrained optimal immigration reform, involving the joint use of employer...

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Seeking the Rule of Law : Constitutions, Amnesties and Truth Commissions in Chile, South Africa and Ghana

Stanton, Kim - 2014

Countries in transition may choose to review their past with a truth commission and to frame their future with a constitution. Both truth commissions and constitutions are means to achieve or enhance the rule of law, but the relationship between the two mechanisms can be complicated when amnesty...

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The effect of leniency programs on endogenous collusion

Park, Sangwon - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 2, pp. 326-330

The objective of a leniency program is to reduce sanctions against collusion if a participant voluntarily confesses his … varies over time, Harrington (2008) pointed out that there are three channels through which the leniency program can affect …

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Effects of Hostile Tradition in Antitrust: Active Repentance versus Cooperation Agreements?

Pavlova, N.; A. Shastitko. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 3 (2014)

peculiar properties of the cases that have been investigated with the use of the leniency program in Russia. …

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How the new leniency program in Korea affect cartel formation and cartel detection?

Lee, Hyo Won; Choi, Yun Jeong - Economic Research Institute, College of Business and … - 2014

The corporate leniency program has played an important role in detecting cartels that damages consumer welfare and … regression. The estimation results show that the new leniency program increases the detection rate and decreases the formation … to the first applicants under the new leniency program provides some policy implication on the revision direction of the …

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Policing cannabis and drug related hospital admissions : evidence from administrative records

Kelly, Elaine; Rasul, Imran - 2014

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Crime and the depenalization of cannabis possession : evidence from a policing experiment

Adda, Jérôme; McConnell, Brendon; Rasul, Imran - 2014

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