Bribery and public procurement: An experimental study

Public Choice

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 103-117

  Büchner, Susanne ^a   Freytag, Andreas ^b   González, Luis G ^c   Güth, Werner ^a  

^a Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Procurement auctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249164769     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9315-9     Document Type: Article

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