Incentivizing injustice: the 2008 financial crisis and prosecutorial indiscretion

"Why did no important banking executives face criminal prosecution for the 2008 financial crisis? This book seeks to answer this question by focusing on the incentives faced by the federal prosecutors who would have been tasked with bringing these cases, but instead settled for safer plea agree...

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Main Author: Krieger, Sari 1981- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham Lexington Books 2023
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
2008-2009
Commercial crimes > Law and legislation > United States
Prosecution > United States > Decision making
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Commercial crimes - Law and legislation
Prosecution - Decision making
United States
USA > Finanzkrise > Wirtschaftsdelikt > Entscheidungsprozess
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Summary:"Why did no important banking executives face criminal prosecution for the 2008 financial crisis? This book seeks to answer this question by focusing on the incentives faced by the federal prosecutors who would have been tasked with bringing these cases, but instead settled for safer plea agreements"--
Item Description:Based on author's thesis (doctoral - City University of New York, 2021) issued under title: Incentivizing Injustice : Why No High-Level Executive Prosecutions from the Financial Crisis
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:ix, 133 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
ISBN:978-1-7936-5449-6
1-7936-5449-2