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Does Corruption Increase Inequality? Evidence From a European Fact‐Based Assessment

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether government favoritism in public procurement generates negative social costs, even within redistributive institutional frameworks such as the European Union. Rather than relying on perception‐based corruption indicators, we employ an objective proxy of corruption risk—the share of awarded public contracts which ...
Iva Parvanova, Alina Mungiu‐Pippidi
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal liability for human trafficking in the context of the war in Ukraine: Challenges and impact. [PDF]

Forensic Sci Int Synerg
Orlovskyi R, Kozak V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Corruption and Uneven Development: Why Anti‐Corruption Fails in the EU's Most Vulnerable Regions

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article challenges the assumption that legal harmonization within the European Union ensures effective anti‐corruption governance. Despite EU‐compliant frameworks, institutional integrity remains highly uneven across subnational territories. We introduce the Regional Integrity Framework (RIF), a diagnostic approach that integrates citizen
Ina Kubbe, Stoyan Panov, Wisnu Setiadi Nugroho, Fatih Kırşanlı   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current Status of Cannabis Legalization and Decriminalization Efforts in Nepal. [PDF]

Subst Abuse Rehabil
Pathak N, Dhungana S, Basyal B, Jha PK, Shrestha S, Thapa P, Paudyal V.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fake Tax Residency and Tax Competition

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wealthy individuals exploit jurisdictional tax differences through mobility, challenging residence‐based tax systems—particularly via fictitious residency changes. We examine theoretically two countries competing to maximize tax revenues from wealthy individuals while auditing fraudulent residency claims.
Alejandro Esteller‐Moré, Umberto Galmarini   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence, prevalence and determinants of substance-induced mental disorders in British Columbia, 2022-2023: a population-based study. [PDF]

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci
Mohebbian M, Schütz CG, Kassam R, Kazanjian A, Puyat JH.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Brown and White: Accounts of Southern Moderate Politicians in the Shadow of Civil Rights

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do politicians sustain their reputations with audiences whose expectations cannot be satisfied? This tension is acute for legislators seeking to bridge divided local and national discursive arenas, requiring strategic communication when policy outcomes contradict prevailing local community values.
Claire Whitlinger, Gary Alan Fine
wiley   +1 more source

Continued Tenancy in Public Housing and Youth Justice Outcomes: Evidence From New Zealand

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In New Zealand, public housing can offer households a permanent home and a rental‐based approximation of owner‐occupation. Using a social determinants framework, this paper examines youth justice outcomes among individuals aged 14–24 years who were continuously housed in public housing between 2013 and 2022, including those who resided in ...
Chang Yu, Sarah Bierre, Tīria Pehi, Nevil Pierse   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic mechanisms of knowledge-exchange in a dark-web money laundering forum. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chiang E.
europepmc   +1 more source