Diffusion of fraud: Intermediate economic crime and investor dynamics

Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1173-1206

  Baker, Wayne E ^a,c   Faulkner, Robert R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Institute for Social Research

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fraud; Intermediate crime; Investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642602949     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2003.tb01017.x     Document Type: Article

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