The welfare costs of corruption

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1839-1849

  Welsch, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 47949126216     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600905225     Document Type: Article

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