Curbing consumer financial losses: The economics of regulatory enforcement

Law and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-191

  Faure, Michael ^a,b   Ogus, Anthony ^b,c   Philipsen, Niels ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63349089113     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2009.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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