Surprised by Wirecard? Enablers of Corporate Wrongdoing in Europe

Giancarlo Spagnolo () and Theo Nyreröd ()
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Giancarlo Spagnolo: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Postal: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, P.O. Box 6501, SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden, https://www.hhs.se/en/research/institutes/site/people/spagnolo-giancarlo/
Theo Nyreröd: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Postal: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, P.O. Box 6501, SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden

No 54, SITE Working Paper Series from Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

Abstract: In the last two decades prolonged instances of corporate wrongdoing in Europe have been un-covered: from Siemens’ systemic bribery to HSBC and other major bank’s money laundering issues, Dieselgate, LIBOR price-rigging, and the recent Wirecard debacle. What has driven European firms to engage in such systematic wrongdoing? In this article, we first use data on US investigations to identify the European countries hosting most corporate wrongdoers. We then consider these countries’ legal, institutional, and political contexts in search for explanations of the main enablers of this behavior, ending with some policy recommendations.

Keywords: corporate wrongdoing; financial fraud; money laundering; corruption; whistleblowers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2021-04-09
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