Ethical spillovers in firms: Evidence from vehicle emissions testing

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1891-1903

  Pierce, Lamar ^a   Snyder, Jason ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Ethics; Fraud; Peer effects; Productivity; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ETHICS; FRAUD; PEER EFFECTS; SPILLOVERS;

MANAGERS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 61849110414     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0927     Document Type: Article

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