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dc.contributor.authorFindley, Michael
dc.contributor.authorNielson, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSharman, JC
dc.contributor.editorK.W. Abbott, P. Genschel, D. Snidal and B. Zangl
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-26T12:30:30Z
dc.date.available2018-07-26T12:30:30Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-107-44269-6
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/CBO9781139979696.015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/141462
dc.description.abstractThe world’s leading governments fight money laundering and terrorist financing through the intergovernmental FATF. To prevent anonymous incorporation, an important FATF rule requires that private corporate-service providers demand certified identification documents when incorporating new companies. But serious questions arise over the FATF’s effectiveness at inducing compliance with this rule. To investigate, this study employs a randomized field experiment. Using aliases and posing as consultants, we sent requests for confidential incorporation to corporate-service providers in 180 countries. We informed them about FATF rules, invoked a threat of legal penalties (hierarchy), and appealed to global norms (collaboration). A fourth condition attributed the standards to a private intermediary, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. We found that ACAMS significantly increased compliance compared to the other conditions; information about FATF rules, penalties and norms did not significantly reduce the ease of anonymous incorporation. The results measure the relative ability of an orchestrator and a complementary intermediary to affect target behavior. Together, these factors predict orchestration: a case study reveals that the FATF strongly endorses private certification bodies.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleInternational Organizations as Orchestrators
dc.relation.ispartofchapter12
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom286
dc.relation.ispartofpageto312
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440808
dc.titleOrchestrating the fight against anonymous incorporation: A field experiment
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
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