Privatization, competition, and corruption: How characteristics of bribe takers and payers affect bribes to utilities

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 2067-2097

  Clarke, George R G ^a   Xu, Lixin Colin ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Bribes; Competition; Corruption; Ownership; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142811481     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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