State Measurements of Benefit Fraud: Why Expert Elicitations Cannot Be Used to Measure Incorrect Personal Assistance Payments
By: Niklas Altermark and Hampus Nilsson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.610 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 158 - 167
Submitted on: Dec 13, 2018
Accepted on: Mar 9, 2020
Published on: May 19, 2020
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2020 Niklas Altermark, Hampus Nilsson, published by Stockholm University Press
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