Green Grease: Environmental Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering
ABSTRACT 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.
Authors
- Raffaella Barone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-472X)
- Donato Masciandaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2745-3387)
Institutions
- University of Salento (IT)
- Bocconi University (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kyklos
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12455
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31