An experimental study of compliance and leverage in auditing and regulatory enforcement

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 352-366

  Cason, Timothy N ^a   Gangadharan, Lata ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 33645147721     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbj019     Document Type: Article

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