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A window onto the world of merchants: An analytical grid for interpreting notarial contracts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Antunes, Cátia - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 2, pp. 191-209

Early Modern historians have long been fascinated by the mercantile world of the late medieval and early modern periods … today. However, there are obstacles to entering the world of early modern merchants as sources for certain geographical … former Hansa towns seem to offer better insights into the world of merchants than areas plagued by natural disasters or where …

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The (hidden) financial flows of terrorist organizations: A literature review and some preliminary empirical results

Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2010

In this paper the financial means of international (mostly Islamistic) terror organizations are analysed. First, some short remarks about the organization of international terror organizations are made. Second and in a much more detailed way a literature review is provided about the financing of...

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EU autonomy, the Brussels Effect, and the rise of global economic protectionism

Bauer, Matthias; Pandya, Dyuti - 2024

The Brussels Effect, once emblematic of the EU's alleged influence in shaping global regulations, has now become a factor contributing to global regulatory fragmentation. The EU must recalibrate its trajectory towards a liberal and rules-based trading order, prioritizing widespread regulatory...

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Advancing Global Trade: Pro Liberalisation and Development

Neary, Peter; S¡lesers, Ainars; Krubasik, Edward G.; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 2, pp. 52-67

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The welfare state evolves: German Knappschaften, 1854 - 1923

Jopp, Tobias Alexander - 2010

This paper reviews the German miners' model of mutual insurance from its introduction in 1854 to its basic reformation in 1923. Its core feature was the provision of cash benefits for compensation of income losses due to temporary sickness and permanent invalidity or death of the bread-winner....

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Organized Crime, Corruption and Punishment

Kugler, Maurice; Verdier, Thierry; Zenou, Yves - 2003

We analyze an oligopoly model in which differentiated criminal organizations globally compete on criminal activities and engage in local corruption to avoid punishment. When law enforcers are sufficiently well-paid, difficult to bribe and corruption detection highly probable, we show that...

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Crime and prices

Gluschenko, Konstantin - 2005

The impact of organized crime on inter-regional price disparities in Russia is estimated for each year from 1992 to 2000, and over the panel of 1993-2000, using a sample of 70 Russian regions, and that of 50 regions from the European part of the country. The relationship between prices and crime...

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Illegal immigration, human trafficking, and organized crime

Väyrynen, Raimo - 2003

become a world-wide industry that ‘employs’ every year millions of people and leads to the annual turnover of billions of … the world. The more closed are the borders and the more attractive are the target countries, the greater is the share of …

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Predator or prey? Parasitic enterprises in economic development

Mehlum, Halvor; Moene, Karl; Torvik, Ragnar - 2000

In many developing and transition economies Mafia-like activities are rampant. Extortion and other forms of predation lower profitability in private businesses and distort investment incentives. Incorporated in a model of industrialization, bimodal club convergence may result. Economies may get...

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Drinking in the shadow economy

Snowdon, Christopher - 2012

One in ten bottles or cans of beer sold in the UK have not had duty paid on them and there are growing reports of counterfeit spirits being sold by licit and illicit retailers. HMRC seized almost ten million litres of non-duty paid alcohol in 2010/11, a rise of 30 per cent in two years. The UK...

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