Insurance Fraud: Issues and Challenges

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 313-333

  Viaene, Stijn ^a,b   Dedene, Guido ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1842485999     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0440.2004.00290.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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