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Financial fraud, scandals, and regulation: A conceptual framework and literature review

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This perspectives article surveys publications in business history and constructs a conceptual framework for researching fraud and other dubious financial practices, their determinants and their consequences. The prevalence and nature of the practices studied are mainly determined by individual traits, firm governance and control, the economic environment, and regulation. Contemporaries make sense of dubious practices by constructing narratives, possibly framing them as scandals, which are likely to lead to attempts at regulatory change. It is primarily the socio-economic impact of dubious practices that determines whether regulation becomes fundamentally stricter. Existing agendas for reform strongly influence the substance of regulatory responses.

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  • Hugo van Driel, 2019. "Financial fraud, scandals, and regulation: A conceptual framework and literature review," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 61(8), pages 1259-1299, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:61:y:2019:i:8:p:1259-1299
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2018.1519026
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    1. Patrick M. Ryle & Brett L. Bueltel & Mark A. McKnight & Judy K. Beckman, 2022. "Decoding lessons from the Facebook Consent Decree: Does Sarbanes–Oxley foreshadow the future of privacy regulation?," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 19(1), pages 1-10, March.
    2. Rodgers, Waymond & Al Shammakhi, Badriya N. & Jeaneth, Johansson & Wincent, Joakim & Adams, Kweku, 2020. "DIY Entrepreneurship: a decision-pathway framework for ethical thought structures," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    3. Jean-Paul Chavas, 2023. "On the role of social rules in economic development: historical perspectives," Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 123-139, April.

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