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Money Laundering in Light of The Panama Papers Leak

Barsoum, Christian LU (2018) NEKN01 20181
Department of Economics
Abstract
In this paper we investigate whether a modern approach to identifying the desirable locations to launder money, the Walker Attractiveness Index, is suitable, and compare its projected results with those revealed by the Panama Papers leak. We find that the model does a poor job at predicting the real-world results, and propose that it be revised. To this we provide some policy recommendations that may aid in future efforts to detect money laundering.
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In this paper we investigate whether a modern approach to identifying the desirable locations to launder money, the Walker Attractiveness Index, is suitable, and compare its projected results with those revealed by the Panama Papers leak. We find that the model does a poor job at predicting the real-world results, and propose that it be revised. To this we provide some policy recommendations that may aid in future efforts to detect money laundering.
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author
Barsoum, Christian LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKN01 20181
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Money laundering, Tax evasion, Panama papers, Walker model.
language
English
id
8957783
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2021-04-26 09:06:07
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  abstract     = {{In this paper we investigate whether a modern approach to identifying the desirable locations to launder money, the Walker Attractiveness Index, is suitable, and compare its projected results with those revealed by the Panama Papers leak. We find that the model does a poor job at predicting the real-world results, and propose that it be revised. To this we provide some policy recommendations that may aid in future efforts to detect money laundering.}},
  author       = {{Barsoum, Christian}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Money Laundering in Light of The Panama Papers Leak}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}