This paper empirically investigates the role of natural resources on industrialization in a
sample of 128 developing countries from 1990 to 2019. Results reveal three main facts …

We investigate the relationship between oil windfalls and income inequality using the
subnational data of one of the resource-richest and highly unequal countries in the world …

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effects of corporate governance mechanisms
(board chairman independence, board independent director meeting attendance, audit …

We examine a large sample of EU and UK firms to investigate the impact of extreme high
temperature heat spells on three common financial performance measures: the ratios of …

Corruption and organized crime are social problems that affect different communities around
the world, involving public and private organizations in diverse sectors and activities …

This study jointly examines causal determinants and effects of Chinese foreign aid. Using
novel micro data, I first document that the Chinese state's paramount goal of domestic …

Studying corruption presents unique challenges. Recent work in the spirit of computational
social science exploits newly available data and methods to give a fresh perspective on this …

The use of tax havens by multinationals is a pervasive activity in international business.
However, we know little about the complementary relationship between tax haven use and …

In response to surging immigration pressure in Europe and the United States, Western
policymakers advocate foreign aid as a means to fight the'root causes' of irregular migration …

The internationalization of corporate control is a complex and poorly understood aspect of
globalization, as it is challenging to trace controlling shareholders due to often opaque …