Privatising Regulation: Whistleblowing and Bounty Hunting in the Financial Services Industries

Journal of Financial Crime

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 305-318

  Fisher, James ^a   Harshman, Ellen ^a   Gillespie, William ^a   Ordower, Henry ^a   Ware, Leland ^a   Yeager, Frederick ^a  

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EID: 84993030316     PISSN: 13590790     EISSN: 17587239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb025995     Document Type: Review

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