The economic consequences of accounting Fraud in Product Markets: Theory and a case from the U.S. telecommunications industry (WorldCom)

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-475

  Sadka, Gil ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33845898497     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahl012     Document Type: Article

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