The fight against money laundering: An economic analysis of a cost-benefit paradoxon

Journal of Money Laundering Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-105

  Geiger, Hans ^a   Wuensch, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Economic value analysis; Money laundering

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249104618     PISSN: 13685201     EISSN: 17587808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13685200710721881     Document Type: Article

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