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Money Laundering: the Economics of Regulation

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The paper undertakes an economic analysis of money laundering and of anti-money laundering regulation within a theoretical and normative framework. The model is then applied to the development of the Italian anti-money laundering regulation in recent years.

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  1. Paolo Baffi Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics, Bocconi University, Via Sarfatti 25, 20136 Milano, Italy

    DONATO MASCIANDARO (Professor of Monetary Economics)

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MASCIANDARO, D. Money Laundering: the Economics of Regulation. European Journal of Law and Economics 7, 225–240 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008776629651

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