Corruption, income distribution, and growth

Economics and Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-182

  Li, Hongyi ^b   Xu, Lixin Colin ^a   Zou, Heng Fu ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b MC2 611 ^*

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EID: 0000352776     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0343.00073     Document Type: Article

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