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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.
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, Andrea Mario Lavezzi, Giovanni Trovato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public health impacts of legalizing recreational cannabis use in Canada and the US. [PDF]

World Psychiatry
Hall W, Fischer B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Intoxicated Offenders Deserve Harsher Sentences? Questioning Veritas in Vino

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Criminal courts increasingly treat intoxication as an aggravating rather than a mitigating factor in sentencing. This shift, seen in Australian law and other jurisdictions, raises the prospect of unjust outcomes. We examine this trend through the lens of desert‐based justifications for punishment, setting aside questions of deterrence and ...
Mary Jean Walker, Daniel B. Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

A Betrayal in the Family: An Inhibitor or Stimulus for Business Model Innovation?

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Academic Summary Business‐focused betrayals perpetrated by family members in managerial and decision‐making positions can devastate family businesses, questioning their assumptions about trust and how they conduct the business. Such betrayals ignite tensions between family and business logics, potentially causing paralysis and protection of ...
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Nazha Gali, Farhad Uddin Ahmed, Mathew Hughes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retrospective Law and Release from Prison. [PDF]

Oxf J Leg Stud
Kelly R.
europepmc   +1 more source

International legal approaches in combatting raidership. [PDF]

Secur J, 2022
Khamitov BN, Kemali YS, Rakhmetov SM, Alibekova AM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pursuing patents for their own sake: How the investment discourse shapes patent quality and quantity

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Patent systems worldwide face criticisms over declining patent quality and increasing patent quantity. While most research focuses on strengthening examination rigour, this article turns attention to relatively underexplored patenting incentives.
Li Liu
wiley   +1 more source

When forensic psychiatry clashes with jurisdiction: nemesis and challenges of a patient suffering from glioblastoma. [PDF]

BJPsych Open
D'Imperio A, Delessert D, Ienca M, Starke G.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Offences against Status. [PDF]

Oxf J Leg Stud, 2023
Letsas G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Employee Fraud and the Statute of Limitations in a Search and Matching Model

The Manchester School, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper integrates employee fraud into a Mortensen‐Pissarides search and matching model to analyze labor market dynamics under imperfect legal enforcement. We introduce a time‐dependent punishment structure where the offender's effective liability is governed by the statute of limitations. We characterize both short‐ and long‐run equilibria,
Mauricio Benegas, José Freire Júnior
wiley   +1 more source