Money launderers and tax havens: Two sides of the same coin?

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-47

  Schwarz, Peter ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economics of crime; Money laundering; Regulation; Tax havens

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953206556     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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