A comparative study of inequality and corruption

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 136-157

  You, Jong Sung ^a   Khagram, Sanjeev ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PERCEPTION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 20444433855     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000107     Document Type: Article

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