 TAX HAVENS AND THE MONEY LAUNDERING PHENOMENONStefan Mihu Journal of Academic Research in Economics, 2011, vol. 3, issue 3 (November), 608-618 Abstract: By using tax havens, the multinational companies are able to exercise an efficient fiscal management that covers also the area of the repatriation of the dividends in foreign currency. The choice of whether or not to use a fiscal paradise resides in the desire of the maximum avoidance of the fiscal burden. The option of investing in a fiscal paradise is based on an economic efficiency calculus named in the speciality literature option pricing . It refers to the total material profit obtained as a result of the activities of avoiding taxation by using the tax havens. Most of the national economies have become interconnected with the general globalization trend and, implicitly, with the internationalization of the organized crime, money laundering now represents the terminal point of the economic and financial criminality. The basic money laundering procedure aims at dispersing the origin of the fraudulently made profits for the purpose of creating a legal appearance of the involved amounts that are to be reintroduced later on into the legitimate economy. Keywords: economic and financial criminality; illicit international transfer of capitals. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:shc:jaresh:v:3:y:2011:i:3:p:608-618 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Academic Research in Economics is currently edited by Claudiu Chiru More articles in Journal of Academic Research in Economics from Spiru Haret University, Faculty of Accounting and Financial Management Constanta Contact information at EDIRC. |
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