Charity Watchdogs and the Limits of Information-Based Regulation

Voluntas

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-141

  Szper, Rebecca ^a   Prakash, Aseem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Charity watchdogs

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 78651405214     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-010-9156-2     Document Type: Article

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