Reputations and corporate malfeasance: collusive networks in financial statement fraud

The prevailing theory used by economists to explain why more corporations do not engage in fraud focuses on the role of board members, auditors and banks in controlling corporate conduct and the "reputational penalties" that may be imposed on them if they fail to do so. In this view, beyon...

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Main Author: Tillman, Robert H. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 365-382
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