Money laundering in a two-sector model: Using theory for measurement

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-359

  Argentiero, Amedeo ^a,b   Bagella, Michele ^a   Busato, Francesco ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses ISAE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Illegal economy; Money laundering; Two sector dynamic general equilibrium model

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449084910     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-008-9074-6     Document Type: Article

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