In this article, we study under what circumstances a gas station is more likely to commit fuel fraud. Using a new and … hitherto unexploited list of fuel fraud detections, we find evidence that stations under less favorable economic conditions … reputational incentives for product credibility is stronger for chain stations than independent ones. Also, fuel fraud tends to …

associated with a three-fold higher likelihood of corporate fraud and that the association is attenuated for firms with stronger …