Secrecy Strategies: Global Patterns in Elites’ Quest for Confidentiality in Offshore Finance

2025, PLOS One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326228; with Herbert Chang Daniel Rockmore. This paper examines variations in how the ultra-rich use the offshore financial system, based on users country of origin. We find that political conditions in elites countries of origin shapes whether they simply diversify their assets across multiple OFCs, or take risky and reckless steps, [ ] The post…