Corporate lobbying and fraud detection

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1865-1891

  Yu, Frank ^a   Yu, Xiaoyun ^b,c  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84857285002     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109011000457     Document Type: Article

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