Economic crime and business cycles in Taiwan

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 388-405

  Yang, Ya‐Hwei ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Crime; Economic crime; Risk preference; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242685024     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547869708724628     Document Type: Article

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