Do European procurement rules generate or prevent crime?

Journal of Financial Crime

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-260

  Dorn, Nicholas ^a   Levi, Michael ^a   White, Simone ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corruption; European directives; European legislation; European Union; Fraud; Public procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993078989     PISSN: 13590790     EISSN: 17587239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13590790810882847     Document Type: Article

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