infonet-economy

We use tax and historical records to analyze the Parisian taille - an institution that resolved the tax compliance problem. The taille’s essential features were; an agreement between the king and city government to collect a fixed amount of revenue and a sequential collection process that included public revelation of individual tax assessments prior to their collection. Modelling...

Access to formal banking is increasing across the world and may transform how people manage their finances. We report from a field experiment that randomly provides access to a bank account to a representative sample of villagers in rural India. The treated respondents save actively into the account and their individual savings increase. There is, however, no significant impact on...

As the International Labour Organization (ILO) celebrates its centenary, its founding precept remains as relevant as ever: the main breeding grounds for threats to peace are the injustices and unequal opportunities that result from ongoing economic transformation. The moral idea that forged the ILO still lies at the heart of the international efforts for peace and development driving...

Au cours de la crise financière mondiale, la politique monétaire israélienne a eu recours à des mesures non conventionnelles parallèlement à des réductions énergiques du taux d’intérêt de la banque centrale. L’expérience acquise par Israël dans l’utilisation de ce type de mesures pendant la crise, leur suppression aux premiers signes de reprise et l’usage prolongé de l’une d’entre...

Eberle, Reto (2019). Good Corporate Governance und Best Practice im Audit Committee: Wichtigste Erkenntnisse aus einem RAB-Workshop für Verwaltungsräte und Investoren. Audit Committee News, Q1(64):2-4.

KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle der ETH Zürich

Arvanitis, Spyros; Seliger, Florian; Wörter, Martin

This paper proposes the use of a blockchainbased structure in order to store evidences in a digital forensics investigation. The traditional chain of evidence is augmented with properties of immutability and traceability, thanks to a cryptographic process. The blockchain is constructed by forensics experts by adding evidences through the process. Since the blockchain is immutable, it...

Barata, Filipe; Kipfer, Kevin; Weber, Maurice; Tinschert, Peter; Fleisch, Elgar; Kowatsch, Tobias