The dynamics of corruption with the ratchet effect

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 427-443

  Choi, Jay Pil ^a   Thum, Marcel ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corruption dynamics; Dynamic consistency; Ex post opportunism; Ratchet effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038744287     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00149-9     Document Type: Article

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