On opposition to rent seeking: implications for developing countries

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 282-292

  Cairns, Robert D ^a   Van Long, Ngo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0032429077     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00042     Document Type: Article

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