Corruption: A non-parametric analysis

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 509-523

  McAdam, Peter ^a   Rummel, Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Economic equilibrium; Estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844527894     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580410569253     Document Type: Review

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