A theory of corporate scandals: Why the USA and Europe differ

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-211

  Coffee Jr , John C ^a  

^a The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844517000     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/gri012     Document Type: Article

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