Corruption and investment choices: A panel data study

Kyklos

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-616

  us Swaleheen, Mushfiq ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CORRUPTION; ECONOMETRICS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INVESTMENT; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 35548988360     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2007.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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