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Why costless auditing may reduce social welfare

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  • Schumacher, Christoph

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  • Feess, Eberhard & Schumacher, Christoph, 2006. "Why costless auditing may reduce social welfare," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 90(3), pages 407-411, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:90:y:2006:i:3:p:407-411
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