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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Autor principal: Krieger, Sari 1981- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham Lexington Books 2023
En:Año: 2023
Acceso en línea: Índice
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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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Sumario:"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"--
Notas: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
Descripción Física:ix, 133 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
ISBN:9781793654496
1793654492