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7 - Coming Clean but Playing Dirtier: The Shortcomings of Disclosure as a Solution to Conflicts of Interest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2010

Daylian M. Cain
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University
George Loewenstein
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University
Don A. Moore
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University
Don A. Moore
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Daylian M. Cain
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
George Loewenstein
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Max H. Bazerman
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
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Conflicts of Interest
Challenges and Solutions in Business, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy
, pp. 104 - 125
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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