Money Laundering in a microfounded dynamic model: Simulations for the U.S. and the EU-15 economies

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 779-902

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Illegal econ; Money laundering; Two sector dynamic equilibrium model

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649106560     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1420     Document Type: Article

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