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Law enforcement and illegal markets: Evidence from the regulation of junkyards in BrazilI describe how monitoring and harsher law enforcement reduce the expected economic benefits of crime...
Law enforcement Crime RegulationWorking Paper
So close and yet so far: the ability of mandatory disclosure rules to crack down on offshore tax evasionWe study the short-term effect of the introduction of the mandatory disclosure programme for aggressive tax arrangements by focusing on the one introduced in May 2018 under Council Directive 2018/288/EU (or DAC6)...
Tax evasion Income under-reporting RegulationJournal Article
Precarization or protection?: The role of trade and labour policies on informalityPart of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality
Brazil Informality TradeWorking Paper
The regulation of interconnection and regulatory alignment in the Southern African Development CommunityThis paper analyses interconnection in telecommunications markets in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, focusing on cross-border roaming as well as international interconnection...
Southern African Development Community Competition RegulationWorking Paper
Informal employment or informal firms? Regulatory enforcement and the transformation of the informal sectorWhile there is general agreement that regulatory avoidance is an important part of firms’ decisions to produce in the informal sector, there is much less agreement on how regulation and enforcement affect firms’ decisions on, inter alia, ...
Informal sector Regulation SpilloversWorking Paper
Precarization or protection? The impact of trade and labour policies on informalitySeveral episodes of market-oriented reforms in developing countries have been accompanied by a significant rise in work outside of the formal economy...
Brazil Informality TradeWorking Paper
Comparative approaches to key issues in the economic regulation of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and ZimbabweThis paper reviews comparative approaches to key issues in economic regulation in four countries of the Southern African Development Community, and how this has been reflected in outcomes in terms of competition, prices, access, and innovation in tel...
Competition Regulation Southern African Development CommunityBlog
Tax havens - What is the nature of the beast?
International development organizations largely agree that illicit capital flight from developing countries is an obstacle for development. And transparency is commonly seen as the best way to tackle the issue. But is it enough?...
Corporate income tax Taxation Law and legislation (Taxation)Book Chapter
The regulation of extractives: An overviewFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Regulation Extractive industries MiningJournal Article
The causes of high intra-regional road freight rates for food and commodities in Southern AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities
Cross-border logistics Road transportation Southern AfricaWorking Paper
Understanding intra-regional transport: Competition in road transportation between Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and ZimbabweEfficient transport links are critical to enhancing the integration of markets in Southern Africa...
Cross-border logistics Road transportation Southern Africa