Corruption and the composition of government expenditure

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-279

  Mauro, Paolo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; D7; Education; H5; Health; O40; Public expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000268281     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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