The risk-based approach in the New European anti-money laundering legislation: A law and economics view

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 931-952

  Pellegrina, Lucia Dalla ^a   Masciandaro, Donato ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

EU Third Directive on Anti Money Laundering; Money Laundering; Regulation; Risk Based Approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649136123     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1422     Document Type: Article

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