Elizabeth Acorn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4374096 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Acorn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Acorn |
| SIGNATURE | ACORN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Scarborough Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3107-2037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transnational Legal Spillover? A Re-Appraisal of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
Can prosecutions by US authorities help spread enforcement of foreign bribery laws to other countries? In this article, we explore this question by re-examining earlier scholarship that found that US prosecutions of foreign corporations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) increase the likelihood that the corporation's home state will enforce its own foreign bribery laws. Using a conditional-frailty Cox model that allows us to model for…
Just a business decision? Debarment in public procurement in Canada and the United States
The Canadian government is considering changes to its Integrity and Suspension Policy, particularly the rules governing debarment and when an individual or corporation can be precluded from public contracting due to misconduct. The reforms would bring Canada’s policy closer to that of the US. This article compares federal debarment policies in Canada and the US and examines the consequences of these distinct policies by considering their role in …
Behind the SNC-Lavalin Scandal: The Transnational Diffusion of Corporate Diversion
At issue in the SNC-Lavalin scandal was a new tool of corporate criminal law: remediation agreements. Introduced in 2018, remediation agreements allow corporate diversion and create an alternative to the prosecution of corporations suspected of criminal wrongdoing. This article examines why the federal government adopted and chose this particular new tool. Drawing on a wide-ranging documentary record, I argue that this reform was the product of t…
Graduate Students and Scholars Funded
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Behind the SNC-Lavalin Scandal: The Transnational Diffusion of Corporate Diversion
At issue in the SNC-Lavalin scandal was a new tool of corporate criminal law: remediation agreements. Introduced in 2018, remediation agreements allow corporate diversion and create an alternative to the prosecution of corporations suspected of criminal wrongdoing. This article examines why the federal government adopted and chose this particular new tool. Drawing on a wide-ranging documentary record, I argue that this reform was the product of t…
Transnational Legal Spillover? A Re-Appraisal of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
Can prosecutions by US authorities help spread enforcement of foreign bribery laws to other countries? In this article, we explore this question by re-examining earlier scholarship that found that US prosecutions of foreign corporations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) increase the likelihood that the corporation's home state will enforce its own foreign bribery laws. Using a conditional-frailty Cox model that allows us to model for…
Just a business decision? Debarment in public procurement in Canada and the United States
The Canadian government is considering changes to its Integrity and Suspension Policy, particularly the rules governing debarment and when an individual or corporation can be precluded from public contracting due to misconduct. The reforms would bring Canada’s policy closer to that of the US. This article compares federal debarment policies in Canada and the US and examines the consequences of these distinct policies by considering their role in …
Graduate Students and Scholars Funded
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Just a business decision? Debarment in public procurement in Canada and the United States
The Canadian government is considering changes to its Integrity and Suspension Policy, particularly the rules governing debarment and when an individual or corporation can be precluded from public contracting due to misconduct. The reforms would bring Canada’s policy closer to that of the US. This article compares federal debarment policies in Canada and the US and examines the consequences of these distinct policies by considering their role in …
Behind the SNC-Lavalin Scandal: The Transnational Diffusion of Corporate Diversion
At issue in the SNC-Lavalin scandal was a new tool of corporate criminal law: remediation agreements. Introduced in 2018, remediation agreements allow corporate diversion and create an alternative to the prosecution of corporations suspected of criminal wrongdoing. This article examines why the federal government adopted and chose this particular new tool. Drawing on a wide-ranging documentary record, I argue that this reform was the product of t…
Transnational Legal Spillover? A Re-Appraisal of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
Can prosecutions by US authorities help spread enforcement of foreign bribery laws to other countries? In this article, we explore this question by re-examining earlier scholarship that found that US prosecutions of foreign corporations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) increase the likelihood that the corporation's home state will enforce its own foreign bribery laws. Using a conditional-frailty Cox model that allows us to model for…
Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Enforcement (2 works) · Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (1 works)