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What about the economic perspectives on domestic violence? Insights from the webinar
26 October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown restrictions have amplified the academic and policy interest in the causes and consequences of domestic violence. With this in mind, the FREE Network invited academic researchers to participate in an online workshop “Economic perspectives on domestic violence“. Read the full summary from the workshop and learn more!
2 MSEK grant for the research project "Legislative reforms and violence against women"
14 May 2020
SITE Researchers Pamela Campa, Elena Paltseva, Maria Perrotta Berlin and Giancarlo Spagnolo were awarded 2 MSEK from Jan Wallanders and Tom Hedelius foundation and Tore Browaldhs foundation for their research on gender-based violence in Eastern Europe, Sweden and Canada.
Prostitution and Violence - Evidence from Sweden
09 December 2019
Working paper: What are the consequences of the “Nordic Model” of prostitution legislation adopted in Sweden in 1999? This working paper focuses on various measures of violence, distinguishing between known and unknown perpetrator, indoor and outdoor crimes, and on health outcomes such as hospitalizations.
Corrupting Cartels: An Overview of the Petrobras Case
15 November 2019
Working paper: This paper aims to describe the corruption case and the connected cartels that affected one of the biggest Brazilian companies by analyzing how the cartel members acted and the contracts affected or potentially affected by the illegal activity.
Myths and Numbers on Whistleblower Rewards
21 March 2018
By Giancarlo Spagnolo and Theo Nyreröd
Risk Aversion, Prospect Theory, and Strategic Risk in Law Enforcement: Evidence From an Antitrust Experiment
20 December 2017
By Chloé Le Coq and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Maria Bigoni and Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), Working Paper
Buyer Quality and Procurement Outcomes: Explorative Evidence From the US
30 November 2017
By Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Francesco Decarolis, Leonardo Giuffrida, Elisabetta Iossa, Vincenzo Mollisi), SITE Working Paper
Cartels and Leniency: Taking stock of what we learnt
30 November 2017
By Giancarlo Spagnolo and Catarina Marvão, SITE Working Paper
Leniency, Collusion, Corruption, and Whistleblowing
30 November 2017
By Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Reinaldo Luz), SITE Working Paper
What Do We Know about the Effectiveness of Leniency Policies? A Survey of the Empirical and Experimental Evidence
30 November 2017
By Giancarlo Spagnolo and Catarina Marvao, SITE Working Paper