Worldwide anti-money laundering regulation: Estimating the costs and benefits

Global Business and Economics Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-264

  Barone, Raffaella ^a   Masciandaro, Donato M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costs and benefits analysis; Economics of regulation; Financial markets; ML; Money Laundering

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249121934     PISSN: 10974954     EISSN: 17451329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/GBER.2008.019983     Document Type: Article

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