Governance regimes, corruption and growth: Theory and evidence

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-220

  Aidt, Toke ^a   Dutta, Jayasri ^b   Sena, Vania ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Governance; Growth; Threshold models

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949112276     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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