Identifying reticent respondents: Assessing the quality of survey data on corruption and values

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-411

  Azfar, Omar ^a   Murrell, Peter ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEY;

EID: 57749110821     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592840     Document Type: Article

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