The secret of imitating wrongdoing: Accidental or deliberate
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financial misconduct; imitation; peer firms; product-related links; social learning;All these keywords.
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- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
- M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
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