Inflation, inflation variability, and corruption

Economics and Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-100

  Braun, Miguel ^a   Di Tella, Rafael ^b  

^a CIPPEC   (Argentina)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; INFLATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; INVESTMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 1542287222     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2004.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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