The over-hyped Dot.com revolution bubbled and crashed at the end of the 1990s, leaving a largely unused physical and virtual infrastructure that eventually supported the rise of social media that did-indeed-transform life. Not necessarily in a good way. As Robert Gordon famously claimed, you can...

Research background: Indonesia continues to encounter significant challenges in eradicating fraud, particularly in the context of financial statement fraud. This study contributes to the literature by introducing a novel perspective on the determinants of fraudulent activities, focusing on...

We develop a model of Ponzi schemes with asymmetric information to study Ponzi frauds. A long-lived agent offers to save on behalf of short-lived agents at a higher rate than they can earn themselves. The long-lived agent may genuinely have a superior savings technology, but may be an imposter...

Corruption adversely affects all spheres of life, posing a significant threat as an enabler of other crimes. These include terrorism, organized crime, human trafficking, and illegal migration, all of which undermine the European integration process and pose risks not only to Ukraine but also to...

Despite authorities and governments' efforts in fraud prevention and investigation, new types of fraud emerge daily. In fact, the rise in global business scandals has heightened the need for forensic accounting, as financial fraud is the world's most severe economic threat. Forensic accounting...