Control fraud, gambling for resurrection, and moral hazard: Accounting for white-collar crime in the savings and loan crisis

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 756-770

  Pontell, Henry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control fraud; Financial regulation; White collar crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744458734     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2005.07.025     Document Type: Article

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