Does it matter that the prosecutor is also the judge? The administrative complaint process at the federal trade commission

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Coate, Malcolm B ^a   Kleit, Andrew N ^b  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 66849096843     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199802)19:1<1::AID-MDE840>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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