Defense procurement fraud, penalties, and contractor influence

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 809-842

  Karpoff, Jonathan M ^a   Lee, D Scott ^a   Vendrzyk, Valaria P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DEFENSE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032746448     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250080     Document Type: Article

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