Competition and corruption in an agency relationship

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-295

  Laffont, Jean Jacques ^a   N'Guessan, Tchétché ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

^b CREMIDE and CIRES   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Competition; Corruption; Development; Incentives

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CORRUPTION; MODELING;

EID: 0033405908     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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