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Informationen zum Autor Professor Michael Findley's research and teaching address civil wars, terrorism and development. He uses field experiments, statistical and computational models and some interviews, and conducts ongoing fieldwork in Uganda, South Africa and Malawi. Findley's publications have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, the British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Peace Research, Public Choice, Complexity, the Minnesota Law Review, and World Development, among others. Findley also works extensively with international development organizations. In particular, his work geocoding foreign aid has been adopted by, or developed with, the World Bank, USAID, the African Development Bank, the International Aid Transparency Initiative, and many aid recipient countries. Klappentext Sheds new light on the sordid world of anonymous shell corporations through a series of novel field experiments. Zusammenfassung Every year a staggering number of corporate service providers mask perpetrators of terrorist financing! corruption and illegal arms trades! but the degree to which firms flout global identification standards remains unknown. This book sheds new light on the sordid world of anonymous shell corporations through a series of field experiments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining the global shell game; 3. Overall compliance, tax havens, OECD and developing countries; 4. Corruption and terrorism; 5. Laws and standards; 6. Penalties, norms, and US origin; 7. Conclusion; References; Appendices.
