Corporate Leniency Programs when Firms have Private Information: The Push of Prosecution and the Pull of Pre-emption

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-27

  Harrington, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84875583419     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joie.12014     Document Type: Article

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