Most
recent projects
COFFERS Combating Fiscal Fraud and Empowering Regulators |
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European Union confronts expanded inequalities across a range of areas from
gender, to generational, wealth, mobility and opportunity. One underlying factor
common to these expanded inequalities is deficiencies in fiscal systems. The
‘Combatting Fiscal Fraud and Empowering Regulators’ (COFFERS) project seeks
to redress these deficiencies as policy innovation at national, regional and
international levels undergoes a period of accelerated development. The
consortium identifies deficiencies and opportunities for upgrading in tax
law, tax policy development, tax administration and enforcement at the EU
level and across Member States. We track the tax gap and regulatory
innovation. We trace how expert networks, jurisdictions and taxpayers adapt
to and negotiate rapid evolutionary change. We transmit forward looking risk
assessment and policy advice to intervene in that evolutionary process. To visit the official webpage of
the COFFERS project, click here. |
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WODC
project Aard en omvang van
criminele bestedingen (Nature and extend of criminal spending) |
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Nederlands: Project voor het Wetenschappelijke
Onderzoek -en Documentatiecentrum (WODC) in samenwerking met ‘ECORYS’ en de
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Het doel van het project is om na te gaan
hoe en in wat voor mate witwassen een ondermijnend effect kan hebben op de
Nederlandse economie wanneer er rekening wordt gehouden met de aard en omvang
van criminele bestedingen. Ook is het doel om in het project een indicatie te
gegeven over de relatieve omvang van het zwarte geld dat Nederland binnenkomt
ten opzichte van de laatste indicatie gedaan door mevrouw Unger en in welke
mate dit geld in Nederland neerslaat. English: Project
commissioned by the Scientific Research and Documentation centre
(WODC) in cooperation with 'ECORYS’ and the Free University of Amsterdam
(VU). The aim of the project is to investigate how and to what degree money
laundering can have a subversive effect on the Dutch economy when the size
and extend of the criminal spending are taken into account. Another goal of
the project is to give an indication about the relative size of the illicit
money that enters the Netherlands relative to the last measurement done by
misses Unger and to what extend this money has a direct effect in the
Netherlands. To visit the official webpage of
the WODC project, click here. |
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Publication managed by the Policy
Department on Economic and Scientific Policies for the Committee on Money
Laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (PANA) Offshore activities and money laundering: recent
findings and challenges |
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To see the final report, click here. |
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ECOLEF The Economic and Legal Effectiveness of Anti-Money
Laundering and Combating Terrorist Financing Policy |
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To see the final report, click here. To find the book, click here. |
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OCP project Organized Crime Portfolio, project fort the EU |
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To see the final report “From Illegal markets to legitimate
businesses: the portfolio of organised crime in
Europe”, click here. |
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Project Corruption in Public
Procurement Project for
OLAF |
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To see the final report of the
research study “Identifying and
reducing corruption in public procurement in the EU”, click here. |
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Working papers and projects
Unger, B. (2011) expert on Pietschmann,
T., Walker, J. (2011) Estimating Illicit
Financial Flows Resulting from Drug Trafficking and other Transnational
Organized Crimes, Research Report for UNODC, Vienna
Unger, B., Ferwerda, J., Trouw, J., Nelen, H. and L. Ritzen (2010). Detecting Criminal Investment in the Dutch Real Estate
Sector. Study prepared for the Dutch Ministry of Finance, Justice
and Interior Affairs.
Ferwerda, J., I. Deleanu and
B. Unger (2010) Revaluating the Tanzi-Model to
Estimate the Underground Economy, Tjalling
C. Koopmans Institute Discussion Paper Series nr:
10-04
Ferwerda, J., M. Kattenberg,
H. Chang, B. Unger, L. Groot and J. Bikker (2009) A Gravity Equation for Trade and Trade
Based Money Laundering, paper prepared for the XVIII International
Tor Vergata Conference on Money, Banking, and
Finance, Session E1: The Economics of Informal Sector: Money Laundering and
Underground Economy, held at Tor Vergata University,
Rome, December 2nd-4th, 2009
Unger, B. (2009) The Gravity Model for Measuring Money Laundering and Tax
Evasion, Paper prepared for the Workshop on Macroeconomic and Policy
Implications of Underground Economy and Tax Evasion, February 5-6, 2009 at
Bocconi University Milan, Italy
Unger, B and F. van Waarden (2009) Attempts to Dodge Drowning in Data, Tjalling C. Koopmans Institute Discussion Paper Series nr: 09-19
Gilbert, N and B. Unger (2009) Do loans harm? The Effect of IMF Programs on Inequality,
Tjalling C. Koopmans Institute Discussion Paper
Series nr: 09-26
Unger, B and J. Ferwerda (2008) Regulating Money Laundering and Tax Havens: The Role of
Blacklisting, Tjalling C. Koopmans
Institute Discussion Paper Series nr: 08-12
McCarthy, K., F. van Doorn
and B. Unger (2008) Globalisation, Tax
Competition and the Harmonisation of Corporate Tax
Rates in Europe: A Case of Killing the Patient to Cure the Disease?,
Tjalling C. Koopmans Institute Discussion Paper
Series nr: 08-13
Gnutzmann, H., K. McCarthy and B. Unger (2008) Dancing with the Devil: A Study of Country Size and the
Incentive to Tolerate Money Laundering, Tjalling
C. Koopmans Institute Discussion Paper Series nr:
08-18
Unger, B. (2007) Money Laundering, Tax Evasion, Capital Flight, Tax Havens,
the Rule based and the Risk Based Approach: Keep it Simple, Paper
prepared for the Transnational Institute Seminar on Money Laundering, Tax
Evasion and Financial Regulation, 12th and 13th June 2007, Amsterdam, organized
by Tom Blickman
Unger, B. (2006) The Amounts and Effects of Money Laundering, Dutch Ministry
of Finance report, with the collaboration of dr. Greg Rawlings, drs. Melissa Siegel, Joras Ferwerda, BSc., Wouter de Kruijf, BSc., drs. Madalina
Busuioc and drs. Kristen Wokke
(link to the media attention for this publication)
Unger, B. and M. Siegel (2006) The Netherlands-Suriname Corridor for Workers’ Remittance,
Prospects for Remittances when Migration Ties Loosen, Study prepared
for the World Bank and the Dutch Ministry of Finance
Groezen, van, B., H. Kiiver
and B. Unger (2006) Coordination of Pension Provision in a Divided Europe: The
Role of Citizens’ Preferences, Tjalling C.
Koopmans Institute Discussion Paper Series nr: 06-08
Unger, B. and G. Rawlings (2005) Competing
for Criminal Money, Tjalling C. Koopmans
Institute Discussion Paper Series nr: 05-26
Unger, B. (2003) Economic and Innovative
Performance, in: Waarden, Frans van (ed.) (2003) Building Brides between Ideas and Markets.
National Systems of Innovation and the Organization of the Idea-Innovation
Chain. Part I. Summary Findings. Final report of a project financed by the
European Commission under the Fifth Framework Program (Targeted Socio-Economic
Research), Utrecht: Utrecht University, pp. 38-79
Unger, B. (2003) Institutions Supporting or
Hampering Innovation, in: Waarden, Frans van (ed.) (2003) Building Bridges between Ideas and Markets.
National Systems of Innovation and the Organization of the Idea-Innovation
Chain. Part I. Summary Findings. Final report of a project financed by the
European Commission under the Fifth Framework Program (Targeted Socio-Economic
Research), Utrecht: Utrecht University, pp. 125-156
Giesecke, S., S. Rossak, H. Oosterwijk
and B. Unger (2003) Telecommunications and the Austrian Paradox, in: Waarden,
Frans van (ed.) (2003) Building Bridges between Ideas and Markets.
National Systems of Innovation and the Organization of the Idea-Innovation
Chain. Part II. Country-Sector reports. Final report of a project financed by
the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Program (Targeted
Socio-Economic Research), Utrecht: Utrecht University, pp. 24-75
Oosterwijk, H., S. Rossak and B. Unger (2003) Austrian
Biotechnology—Where to Find on the Map?, in: Waarden, Frans van, (ed.) (2003) Building Bridges between Ideas and Markets.
National Systems of Innovation and the Organization of the Idea-Innovation
Chain. Part II. Country-Sector reports. Final report of a project financed by
the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Program (Targeted
Socio-Economic Research), Utrecht: Utrecht University, pp. 203-231
Unger, B. (2002) Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle.
Austria’s Silent Labour Market Reforms, conference
paper for the project Welfare Systems and Management of the Economic Risk of
Unemployment of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS),
European University Institute, Florence and the Istituto
per lo Sviluppo della Formazione Professionale dei Lavoratori (ISFOL), project
directors Maurizio Ferrera and Martin Rhodes, Rome
Waarden, F. van, B. Unger, G. Schienstock, P. Tulkki, R.
Kaiser, E. Grande, H. Oosterwijk (2002) Building Bridges between Ideas and Markets,
project report for the European Commission
Unger, B. and M. Zagler
(2000) Institutional and Organizational Determinants of Product
Innovations, Vienna University of Economics and B.A., Department of
Economics, Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 74, November
Unger, B. (2000) Sozialpartnerschaft und wirtschaftliche Leistung im
Vergleich 1970-2000, Projekt des Bundeskanzleramts: Institutionalisierung
des Sozialen Dialogs in Rumänien, manuscript
Unger, B. and F. van Waarden (1994) Interest
Associations and Economic Growth. A Critique of Mancur
Olson s Rise and Decline of Nations, Centre for European Policy Research (CEPR)
Discussion Paper, No. 894, April
Unger, B. and F. Van Waarden (1993) A Comparison of the Construction Industry in Europe,
Characteristics, Governance, Performance and Future Perspectives,
Working Paper of the Vienna University of Economics and Business
Administration, No. 18/January
Unger, B. and F. Van Waarden (1992) A Comparison
of the Construction Industry in Europe, Characteristics, Governance,
Performance and Future Perspectives, FINE-Project on the Future of Industries
in Europe, Working Paper of the University of Konstanz, Faculty of Public
Administration, November 1992
Klatzer, E. and B. Unger (1992) Will Internationalization Lead to a Convergence of
National Economic Policies? Working Paper of the Vienna University of Economics
and Business Administration, No.12/June
Unger, B. (1991) Aspects of
Fiscal Policy in the Transition Process? A Comment. OECD Conference on Medium
Term Economic Assessment, BMF Vienna , October