Growth and rent dissipation: The case of Kenya

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-198

  Bigsten, Arne ^a   Moene, Karl Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODEL; PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT;

KENYA;

EID: 0030464560     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020902     Document Type: Article

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