This study analyses the cross border capital flows in order to verify existence and direction of the so called stigma effect: Is the soft regulation against banking secrecy promoted by the international organization effective? We test if the FAFT listing-delisting events are effective sticks and...

Real estate values are often under-reported to avoid transaction and property taxes, and to hide wealth built from tax-evaded income. We develop a new method to extract estimates of under-reporting, and employ this measure in the Mumbai real estate market. This approach compares the bunching of...

In this paper, we study the theory of disgorgement and its application by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Indian securities regulator. We find that the SEBI justification for the use of disgorgement is grounded on the basis of the ‘equitable’ and ‘remedial’ power...