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The Economics of Repeated Extortion [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1999 This paper provides a simple model of repeated extortion. In particular, we ask whether corrupt government officials' ex post opportunism to demand more once entrepreneurs have made sunk investments entails further distortion in resource allocations. We show that the inability of government officials to commit to future demands does not distort entry ...
Choi, Jay Pil, Thum, Marcel
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Does it matter who extorts? Extortion by competent and incompetent enforcers*
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2021 AbstractThis paper offers a novel explanation for extortion, which is the practice of demanding payments from compliant agents by law‐enforcement officers. Namely, that extortion occurs due to the officer's incompetence, where the competence level is endogenous. Because competence improves enforcement, extortion affects deterrence directly by weakening
Samuel, Andrew, Mishra, Ajit
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BLACKMAIL AS A METHOD OF EXTORTION [PDF]
Legal BulletinThe article presents a comprehensive analysis of criminal liability for extortion, taking into account historical, modern and digital aspects. The relevance of the topic is due to the growing number of crimes, the increasing complexity of extortion ...
KHOMUTOVA RUSLANA, DAVTYAN DAVID
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Specifics of Criminal (Civil) Liability for Economic Offenses
Revista Jurídica Portucalense, 2023 The paper considers a different understanding of criminal offenses that arise from economic offenses. The authors note that, in general, economic relations do not generate criminal law relations.
Oleksii KHOVPUN +4 more
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Catherine the Great in the History of Russia
Управленческое консультирование, 2022 The purpose of the article is to evaluate the management activities of Empress Catherine II during the reign from 1762 to 1796.Objective: to analyze the organizational activities of Catherine the Great, aimed at reforming the entire system of state and ...
V. P. Gridnev
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Sancho el Sabio, 2016 El sector empresarial ha sido uno de los principales objetivos de la violencia de ETA. Por un lado, mediante atracos, secuestros y el denominado “impuesto revolucionario”, la banda pretendía lograr la financiación necesaria para mantener su actividad ...
Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla
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İcbar Suretiyle İrtikâp Suçu (TCK m. 250/1)
Türk-Alman Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 2023 İcbar suretiyle irtikâp suçu (TCK m. 250/1) bağımsız bir irtikâp suçudur. Suç tanımına göre suçun oluşabilmesi için kamu görevlisi fail, görevinin sağladığı nüfuzu kötüye kullanmak suretiyle kendisine veya başkasına yarar sağlanmasına ya da bu yönde ...
İsmail Çınar
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Extortion and cooperation in the Prisoner’s Dilemma [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012 The authors appraise the results in \textit{W. H. Press} and \textit{F. J. Dyson} [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109, No. 26, 10409--10413 (2012; Zbl 1264.91009)] and report results on a rerun of Axelrod's [\textit{R. Axelrod} and \textit{W. D. Hamilton}, Science 211, No. 4489, 1390--1396 (1981; Zbl 1225.92037)], [\textit{R.
Stewart, Alexander J. +1 more
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Against the Odds: Small Business Strategies for Managing Extortion in San Salvador
Journal of Illicit Economies and DevelopmentSince the mid-2000s, extortion has impacted social and economic development in El Salvador significantly. Against the grain of the extant literature, which predominantly takes for granted that extorted businesses are passive victims, we leverage ...
Benedicte Bull +2 more
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Diglosia, 2022 This study aims to identify the content of extortion and threats in messages sent by collectors from PT (reported) to NT (whistleblower). This research uses the descriptive qualitative method.
Ali Kusno +2 more
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