Laboratory evidence on the effectiveness of corporate leniency programs

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 607-616

  Hinloopen, Jeroen ^a   Soetevent, Adriaan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 47649105377     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2008.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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