Proposal for a new measure of corruption, illustrated with Italian data

Economics and Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-75

  Golden, Miriam A ^a   Picci, Lucio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14844300810     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2005.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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