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Monitoring Quality of Mafia‐Connected Accountants
ABSTRACT We investigate the monitoring quality of accountants with ties to the Mafia in their role as auditors for “clean” firms—those with no known ties to organized crime. Using a proprietary government database, we identify Italian firms with alleged ties to the Mafia through their executives, directors, or shareholders.
Pietro A. Bianchi +3 more
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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni +2 more
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ABSTRACT Weather variability and shocks pose significant challenges for tropical developing countries, making it crucial to understand their effects on consumption to address the existing deficiencies among the most vulnerable groups. This study examines the impact of weather variability and shocks on household consumption in Panama, utilizing repeated
Ambar Lineth Chavez Espinosa +1 more
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6a. Jornada temática en finanzas : memorias.
En el presente informe se recogen las memorias de la 6a Jornada Temática en Finanzas que tubo una temática focalizada en las relaciones entre los sectores externos de los países y las finanzas de los mismos, incluyendo los análisis de los casos Colombia ...
Jornada temática en finanzas
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the phenomenon of corporate social responsibility (CSR) decoupling, wherein firms' CSR disclosures diverge from their actual CSR performance, often resulting in misleading portrayals of environmental and social commitments commonly associated with greenwashing.
María Consuelo Pucheta‐Martínez +2 more
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Las finanzas corresponden a un área de la economía que estudia la obtención y administración del dinero y el capital, es decir, los recursos financieros. Estudia tanto la obtención de esos recursos (financiación), como la inversión y el ahorro de los mismos. Está relacionado con las transacciones y con la administración del dinero.
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on income and wealth inequality in Switzerland, with a particular focus on poverty dynamics and the role of the social security system. Using newly linked administrative tax data for four large cantons covering over a third of the Swiss population, we track changes in household income and
Oliver Hümbelin +2 more
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The Spatial Impact of Judicial Administration on Firms' Performance
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the indirect effects of judicial adminstration (JA) on neighbouring firms operating in southern Italian regions characterised by endemic organised crime. When a mafia‐affiliated firm is placed under JA, the sector‐specific relational networks it sustained are abruptly severed. Using difference‐in‐differences estimators,
Vincenzo Sessa
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ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between mergers and acquisitions (M&A), board characteristics, and ESG performance in BRICS companies, considering the moderating role of sectoral sensitivity. The study analyzes 11,402 observations from 2293 BRICS companies, employing Two‐Stage Least Squares (2SLS) to address endogeneity and logistic ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos +2 more
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Las finanzas juegan un papel muy importante dentro del mundo empresarial, desde el punto de vista de la persona como desee verlo, tiene varias aceptaciones para su interpretación. Las finanzas pueden ser definidas como el arte y la ciencia de administrar el dinero.
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