Measuring the effect of corruption on sovereign bond ratings

Journal of Economic Policy Reform

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-323

  Connolly, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Creditworthiness; Sovereign bond rating

Indexed keywords

EID: 48149091113     PISSN: 13841289     EISSN: 14772736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17487870701552053     Document Type: Article

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