Economic institutions and individual ethics: A study of consumer attitudes toward insurance fraud

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-265

  Tennyson, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Fraud; Insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031068783     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(96)00904-3     Document Type: Article

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