Why is corruption tolerated?

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-379

  Colombatto, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corruption; Discretionary power; Institutions; Rent seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043067739     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027349206371     Document Type: Article

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