The dialectics of white-collar crime: The anatomy of the savings and loan crisis and the case of Silverado Banking, Savings and Loan Association

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-449

  Glasberg, Davita Silfen ^a   Skidmore, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040579226     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1998.tb03374.x     Document Type: Article

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