On the persistence of corruption

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-193

  Dawid, Herbert ^a   Feichtinger, Gustav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corruption; Multiple equilibria; Optimal control; Reputation dynamics; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042862973     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01250114     Document Type: Article

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