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Financial Crime in Romania

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the literature on some of the subfields of economic and financial crime. Among the topics discussed are tax evasion, bribery, money laundering, and corruption in general. The determinants of financial crime are also identified. Several demographic variables are also examined to determine whether gender, age, education, income level, religion, geographic region, size of city, etc., are statistically significant. Nearly 150 studies are mentioned.

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Achim, M.V., Borlea, S.N., McGee, R.W., Mureşan, GM., Safta (Plesa), I.L., Văidean, VL. (2023). Financial Crime: A Literature Review. In: Achim, M.V., McGee, R.W. (eds) Financial Crime in Romania. SpringerBriefs in Finance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27883-9_2

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