Decentralization, corruption and government accountability

International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 161-188

  Bardhan, Pranab ^a   Mookherjee, Dilip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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