Financial edgework and the persistence of rogue traders

Business and Society Review

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-25

  Wexler, Mark N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77951201509     PISSN: 00453609     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8594.2009.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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