Criminal behavior: A real option approach with an application to restricting illegal insider trading

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-352

  Engelen, Peter Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Criminal behavior; Enforcement; Insider trading; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943064957     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJLE.0000028640.24757.5d     Document Type: Article

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