The incidence and persistence of corruption in economic development

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2447-2467

  Blackburn, Keith ^a   Bose, Niloy ^b   Emranul Haque, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bribery; Corruption; Development; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748968171     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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