From dishonesty to disaster: The reasons and consequences of rogue traders' fraudulent behavior

Advanced Series in Management

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-165

  Kantšukov, Mark ^a   Medvedskaja, Darja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Mergers and Acquisitions Group   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Dishonesty; Financial crime; Rogue trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884494205     PISSN: 18776361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1877-6361(2013)0000010011     Document Type: Article

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