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The collision of feminisms, sexuality, and trafficking in persons in the Caribbean—A place for Kempadoo

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract The existence and development of feminist scholarship and practice have been revisited by feminist anthropologists and sociologists exploring it among the gendered cultural and historical dynamics of the Caribbean. Feminist Caribbeanists’ pioneering efforts that fit within this theoretical family have challenged the Global North status quo to ...
Cherisse Francis
wiley   +1 more source

Joy and Unrest: Transborder College Students' Sense of Belonging at the US–México Borderlands

open access: yesNew Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, we present the Transborder College Student Sense of Belonging Model, developed to understand how to create an inclusive and validating campus climate for Transborder students in postsecondary and higher education institutions along the US–México borderlands.
Vannessa Falcón Orta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Preferences and Sorting in the City

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There are large health inequalities between neighborhoods in many cities of the world. This paper studies individuals' sorting based on health amenities and exposes an important connection between health preferences and the housing market. I estimate a neighborhood choice model using geolocated data from a health survey in New York City and ...
Manuela Puente‐Beccar
wiley   +1 more source

FIGHTING ECONOMIC CRIME IN THE EUROPEAN ARENA [PDF]

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The present paper tries to put together a modest study on the actions taken at EU level in order to fight economic crime. A series of measures have been implemented at national and European level to create a framework for fighting criminality.
Anghel Cristian
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Targeting the profits of illicit drug trafficking through proceeds of crime action [PDF]

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This study sought to identify the disruptive effect of proceeds of crime action on criminal activity, and to identify factors associated with successful proceeds of crime action. Executive summary Illicit drug trafficking is a source of funds for further
Martin O'   +3 more
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Kryptonite for Cryptocurrencies? What Are the Effects of Regulatory Controls on Bitcoin Returns and Volatility?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of regulatory controls on Bitcoin's excess returns and volatility. The paper innovates by proxying changes in the regulatory environment using global Google search volume intensity data. The generated regulatory indices accurately identify episodes of regulatory tightening within cryptocurrency markets.
Robert Mullings
wiley   +1 more source

Organised crime: the 21st century’s new security challenge

open access: yesRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2015
Review of the Book: Andreopoulos, George (ed.). Policing Across Borders. Law enforcement Networks and the Challenges of Crime Control Springer, 2013, 183 págs.
Carlos Calderiña Pavón
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A web of harms: serious and organised crime and its impact on Australian interests [PDF]

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Overview This report analyses serious, transnational and organised crime and the harms it causes to Australia’s interest, with the aim of reinvigorating a discussion of this critical matter amongst Australians.
Clare Murphy   +2 more
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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