A contribution to the empirics of press freedom and corruption

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 838-862

  Freille, Sebastian ^a   Haque, M Emranul ^b,c   Kneller, Richard ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Growth and Business Cycles and Research   (United Kingdom)

^d Leverhulme Centre for Globalisation and Economic Policy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic corruption; Extreme bounds analysis; Press freedom

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049009373     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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