This paper describes the empirical universe of financial fraud as it has been documented in the academic literature. More specifically, it describes the different forms of fraudulent behavior in the context of financial market activities, the prevalence and consequences of such behavior as...

The present paper suggests an innovative experimental design to study the nature and occurrence of whistleblowing in an employee-organization context. In particular, we aim at identifying whether student subjects in the role of employees are willing to blow the whistle on their managers'...

Nowadays a big and increasing proportion of world's population uses Internet in their day life and web connection via mobile is having a growing importance. Day by day there is more information about the risks and dangers of a misuse of Internet and mobile phones, which may involve all sorts of...

The present paper suggests an innovative experimental design to study the nature and occurrence of whistleblowing in an employee-organization context. In particular, we aim at identifying whether student subjects in the role of employees are willing to blow the whistle on their managers'...

Nowadays a big and increasing proportion of world's population uses Internet in their day life and web connection via mobile is having a growing importance. Day by day there is more information about the risks and dangers of a misuse of Internet and mobile phones, which may involve all sorts of...

The study examines the application of computed financial ratios in fraud detection modeling using existing Financial Ratio Models with a view to detecting their capabilities in application in Nigerian banking system. Data were collected from published accounts and reports of 20 sampled banks...

This paper models payment evasion as a source of profit by letting the firm choose the purchase price and the fine imposed on detected payment evaders. For a given price and fine, the consumers purchase, evade payment, or choose the outside option. We show that payment evasion leads to a form of...

Cybercrime can lead to considerable costs for those affected. Previous attempts to quantify the damage have focused mainly on businesses. Official information on damages incurredby individuals is based primarily on cases reported to the police, but these figures in no way accurately reflect the...

This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm's incentive to defraud its customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm's financial situation, its competence, and its reputational concerns. We use and complement the dataset...

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...

This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm's incentive to defraud its customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm's financial situation, its competence, and its reputational concerns. We use and complement the dataset...

We experimentally examine the impact of tax evasion attempts on the performance of credence goods markets, where contractual incompleteness results from asymmetric information on the welfare maximizing quality of the good. Our results suggest that tax evasion attempts - independently of whether...

Internetkriminalität kann für die Betroffenen erhebliche Kosten zur Folge haben. Bisherige Ansätze der Quantifizierung konzentrierten sich meist auf Schäden für Unternehmen. Offizielle Angaben zu Schäden für Privatpersonen beruhen in erster Linie auf den polizeilich erfassten Fällen,...

We investigate the distributional consequences of a corruption-fighting initiative in Romania targeting the endemic fraud in a high-stakes high school exit exam, which introduced CCTV monitoring of the exam and credible punishment threats for teachers and students. We find that the campaign was...

The Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) set out prudential requirements for banks and other financial institutions which have been applied from 1 January 2014. Among others, the CRR contains specific mandates for the EB A to develop draft Regulatory...

Internetkriminalität kann für die Betroffenen erhebliche Kosten zur Folge haben. Bisherige Ansätze der Quantifizierung konzentrierten sich meist auf Schäden für Unternehmen. Offizielle Angaben zu Schäden für Privatpersonen beruhen in erster Linie auf den polizeilich erfassten Fällen,...

This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm's incentive to defraud its customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm's financial situation, its competence, and its reputational concerns. We use and complement the dataset...

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...

Based on the FBI, the majority of corporate fraud cases involve acounting schemes designed to deceive investors, auditors, and analysts about the true financial condition of a corporation. Investigations have determined that companies manipulated their financial systems to fraudulently inflate...

We experimentally examine the impact of tax evasion attempts on the performance of credence goods markets, where contractual incompleteness results from asymmetric information on the welfare maximizing quality of the good. Our results suggest that tax evasion attempts – independently of whether...