The Political Economy of Offshore Jurisdictions

Michaela Schmidt (Austrian Labour Chamber) and Walter Otto Oetsch (Institut for Comprehensive Analyysis of Economy, Johannes Kepler University Linz): The Political Economy of Offshore Jurisdiction Helene Schuberth (National Bank of Austria): The offshore system and the crisis of 2008 Petr Jansky (Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University in Prague): Illicit Financial Flows and Financial Secrecy Markus Meinzer (Tax Justice Network, International Secretariat London): Current practice of Automatic Tax Information Exchange in selected countries Laura Seelkopf (School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen): Tax Competition and National Welfare Ingo Fiedler (Law and Economics, University of Hamburg): Online Gambling as a Game Changer to Money Laundering? Walter Otto Ötsch (Institut for Comprehensive Analyysis of Economy, Johannes Kepler University Linz): Opacity and Ideology Silke Ötsch (Institute of Sociology, University Innsbruck): Our Banking Secrecy is a Strong Castle. Assessing the State of Regulation by Analysing Metaphors and Narratives of the Offshore Economy Martina Neuwirth (Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation): Austria's banking secrecy Otto Farny (Austrian Labour Chamber Vienna): Austria: A tax haven? Peter Hornung (Norddeutscher Rundfunk): Global Investigations: The international journalists' project offshore leaks