International Banking and Cross-Border Effects of Regulation: Lessons from the Netherlands

The Philippines is one of only two states in the world in which absolute divorce remains largely impossible. Through its family laws, it regulates the marriage, family life and conjugal separation of its citizens, including its migrants abroad. To find out how these family laws interact with those in the receiving country of Filipino migrants and shape their lives, the present paper examines the case of Filipino women who experienced or are undergoing divorce in the Netherlands. Drawing from semi-structured interviews and an analysis of selected divorce stories, it unveils the intertwined institutions of marriage and of divorce, the constraints but also possibilities that interacting legal norms bring in the life of Filipino women, and the way these migrants navigate such norms within their transnational social spaces. These findings contribute interesting insights into cross-border divorces in the present age of global migration.

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Cross-Border Effects of R&D Tax Incentives

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3484384 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Bodo Knoll ◽

Nadine Riedel ◽

Thomas Schwab ◽

Maximilian Todtenhaupt ◽

Johannes Voget

Keyword(s):

Tax Incentives ◽

Border Effects ◽

Cross Border

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COVID-19: first long-term care facility outbreak in the Netherlands following cross-border introduction from Germany, March 2020

BMC Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1186/s12879-021-06093-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mitch van Hensbergen ◽

Casper D. J. den Heijer ◽

Petra Wolffs ◽

Volker Hackert ◽

Henriëtte L. G. ter Waarbeek ◽

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Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Care Facility ◽

Control Measures ◽

Border Region ◽

Term Care ◽

Term Care Facility ◽

Long Term Care Facility ◽

Cross Border

Abstract Background The Dutch province of Limburg borders the German district of Heinsberg, which had a large cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to local carnival activities before any cases were reported in the Netherlands. However, Heinsberg was not included as an area reporting local or community transmission per the national case definition at the time. In early March, two residents from a long-term care facility (LTCF) in Sittard, a Dutch town located in close vicinity to the district of Heinsberg, tested positive for COVID-19. In this study we aimed to determine whether cross-border introduction of the virus took place by analysing the LTCF outbreak in Sittard, both epidemiologically and microbiologically. Methods Surveys and semi-structured oral interviews were conducted with all present LTCF residents by health care workers during regular points of care for information on new or unusual signs and symptoms of disease. Both throat and nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from residents suspect of COVID-19, based on regional criteria, for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction. Additionally, whole genome sequencing was performed using a SARS-CoV-2 specific amplicon-based Nanopore sequencing approach. Moreover, twelve random residents were sampled for possible asymptomatic infections. Results Out of 99 residents, 46 got tested for COVID-19. Out of the 46 tested residents, nineteen (41%) tested positive for COVID-19, including 3 asymptomatic residents. CT-values for asymptomatic residents seemed higher compared to symptomatic residents. Eleven samples were sequenced, along with three random samples from COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the regional hospital at the time of the LTCF outbreak. All samples were linked to COVID-19 cases from the cross-border region of Heinsberg, Germany. Conclusions Sequencing combined with epidemiological data was able to virtually prove cross-border transmission at the start of the Dutch COVID-19 epidemic. Our results highlight the need for cross-border collaboration and adjustment of national policy to emerging region-specific needs along borders in order to establish coordinated implementation of infection control measures to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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Cross-border effects of R&D tax incentives

Research Policy ◽

10.1016/j.respol.2021.104326 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (9) ◽

pp. 104326

Author(s):

Bodo Knoll ◽

Nadine Riedel ◽

Thomas Schwab ◽

Maximilian Todtenhaupt ◽

Johannes Voget

Keyword(s):

Tax Incentives ◽

Border Effects ◽

Cross Border

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The Sentence is Only the Beginning: Hiccups in the Cross-Border Execution of Judgments in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine

European Journal of Crime Criminal Law and Criminal Justice ◽

10.1163/15718174-bja10016 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (3-4) ◽

pp. 189-217

Author(s):

Johannes Keiler ◽

André Klip

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Criminal Justice ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Member States ◽

Cross Border ◽

Criminal Justice Systems ◽

Alternative Measures ◽

The Cross ◽

Preliminary Phase ◽

Country Specific

Abstract The cross-border execution of judgments remains difficult in practice for European Member States. This article seeks to analyze why this may be the case with regard to four different modalities of sentences: (1) prison sentences and other measures involving deprivation of liberty, (2) conditional sentences and alternative measures, (3) financial penalties and (4) confiscation orders. Based on a comparative analysis, this article investigates the problems at stake regarding the cross-border execution of judgements in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands and identifies possible causes and explanations for these. The analysis shows that impediments to cooperation may inter alia stem from differences in national law and diverging national sentencing practices and cultures and may furthermore be related to a lack of possibilities for cooperation in the preliminary phase of a transfer. Moreover, some obstacles to cooperation may be country-specific and self-made, due to specific choices and approaches of national criminal justice systems.

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