Green Grease: Environmental Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering.
We offer a theoretical and empirical analysis that shows how corruption can be a 'green grease' that facilitates both environmental crimes and money laundering. Corruption can be an accelerator that amplifies the multiplier effect on illegal revenues. We model these relationships using a logistic fu...
| Published in: | Kyklos Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 991 - 1007 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2025
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| Summary: | We offer a theoretical and empirical analysis that shows how corruption can be a 'green grease' that facilitates both environmental crimes and money laundering. Corruption can be an accelerator that amplifies the multiplier effect on illegal revenues. We model these relationships using a logistic function, which we calibrate to estimate overall environmental crime revenues using Italian regional data from 1995 to 2020. |
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