Who blows the whistle on corporate fraud?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2213-2253

  Dyck, Alexander ^a   Morse, Adair ^b   Zingales, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77957166379     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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