Quantitative relations between corruption and economic factors

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-166

  Shao, Jia ^a   Ivanov, Plamen Ch ^a,b   Podobnik, Boris ^a,c,d   Stanley, H Eugene ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c ZAGREB SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Croatia)

^d University of Rijeka   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC FACTORS; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247139624     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: 14346036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2007-00098-2     Document Type: Article

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